Newly elected Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announces new policies aimed towards preventing unnecessary lethal force by police officers.

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Broome says these policy changes stem from the officer involved shooting of Alton Sterling.

The next time a tropical storm or hurricane approaches the coast the National Hurricane Center says they will issue storm surge watches and warnings. Storm surge specialist Jamie Rhome says the alerts will be tailored to the locations most at risk for storm surge flooding.

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A storm surge watch will be issued when there’s the possibility of life-threatening rising water moving inland within 48 hours.

A Lake Charles doctor has created a new FDA-approved pain relief cream. Dr. Craig Morton has been treating patients at the Center for Orthopedics for years and says many of his patients have been using more than one pain relief cream. He says that’s why he teamed up with chemists to develop Aculeve.

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The cream is available at his clinic or online at Aculeve.com.

On this Cajun Groundhog Day, the nutria rat Pierre C. Shadeaux did not see his shadow, which means a nice spring is coming to Louisiana. That’s a different outcome than Punxsutawney Phil delivered this morning, but Daily Iberian Publisher Christina Pierce says it’s much more appropriate for Acadiana.

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Pierce says this is the 19th year the Daily Iberian has celebrated Cajun Groundhog Day.