A rare summer cold front is expected to move through the state tomorrow. State Climatologist Barry Keim says this cool air coming in from Canada will bring an increased chance for thunderstorms, but only a slight break in the heat…:
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Keim says Sunday into Monday we’re going to feel a significant reduction in humidity as drier air settles across the state.

Community leaders in Monroe are hoping to clean up the streets with a Gun Buy-Back Rally at Charles Johnson Park on Saturday. Coordinator Pastor Vance Price says if we can get these guns off the streets, lives could be saved…:
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Price says from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., gun owners can drop off their legal weapons at the rally.

A report from an independent consulting firm finds the University of Louisiana at Lafayette had a $379 million economic impact for FY-15..:
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The murder victim in the case of the inmate who escaped from the David Wade Correctional Center in Claiborne Parish was an assistant warden’s daughter. The Department of Corrections said the prison escapee, 39-year-old Deltra Henderson, is dead following a standoff with authorities, after the man allegedly stole a car and killed the hostage at her home which is on the prison grounds.