All four Confederate monuments in New Orleans have come down, so what’s next for the hundred-year-old statues? Jeff Palermo has more…:
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With plenty of rain in the forecast this weekend, officials and residents are keeping a close eye on the Mississippi River as levels continue to rise. Crews in St. Francisville put down large sandbags near a tributary of the river, Bayou Sara, that is expected to flood in the coming days. Army Corps of Engineers says as the water rises, their flood fight will be upgraded to phase two.

The Senate Finance committee has started hearings on the proposed spending plan for next fiscal year. Senate President John Alario says the budget the House approved does not properly fund the Department of Children and Family Services….
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Alario says the House did not allocate 206-million dollars that’s available to spend and they may use some of that money to fill the budget gaps.

Three St. Amant young adults were found dead in an Ascension Parish bayou by a member of their own family following a crash. State Trooper Bryan Lee says when troopers arrived they discovered a mangled vehicle and the bodies of its occupants scattered around…:
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Family members say the three were on their way back from a night in New Orleans. The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office says they located a body at the site of the accident that was unrelated to the crash.