After first forecasting a below-average hurricane season, researchers at Colorado State University have upped their seasonal outlook and now predict a more active season. The CSU forecast calls for six hurricanes, with two of them becoming major. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Louisiana has not seen a hurricane make landfall in four years…:
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the forecast now calls for 13 named storms.

Bond has been set at $57,500 for the man who was arrested after he allegedly struck and killed a 12-year-old boy during a police chase in Baton Rouge. Investigators booked 32-year-old Joshual Hilton with manslaughter, reckless operation, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office arrests a man for allegedly locking his 2-year-old daughter in a refrigerator with the door closed as a form of punishment. He is 30-year-old Steven Funderburk of Shreveport.

The Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man and his girlfriend for aggravated assault after the couple allegedly attacked the man’s mother with a cast iron skillet. Chief Deputy Mike Haley says Kurtis Strong and Venus Camacho, both 38, were playing a table game with the Strong’s mother and her friend when Camacho and the mom got into an argument…:
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He says the son then threw the skillet at his mom’s head and her injuries were serious enough that she had to be taken to a hospital in New Orleans.

An elementary school in Allen Parish was ravaged by a massive fire overnight. Deputy Chief Brant Thompson with the state Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire began at Oakdale Elementary around 4 p.m. yesterday. He says it took some time to get the fire under control, and hot spots remained until this morning…:
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About 80 percent of the building was reportedly destroyed by the fire. The cause is under investigation.