Forecasters at Colorado State have upped their storm prediction total and now expect 11 named storms for the remainder of the season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the total number of storms has been increased from 15 to 16. While this isn’t a big change, he says it shows conditions are conducive for an active season.

Cut 12 (10) “normal”

The forecast says eight of those eleven storms will become hurricanes.

With the new school year just around the corner, the Louisiana Department of Health urges parents to make sure their children up to date on their vaccines. State immunization director Dr. Frank Welch says preventable diseases can spread easily in schools because children congregate in small classrooms.

Cut 9 (07) “family members”

Football legend Dr. Billy Cannon will be honored with a statue on LSU campus. The school’s only Heisman trophy winner graduated from the state’s flagship university in 1959. Cannon says he did not expect to receive this honor.

Cut 3 (10) “like me”

Cannon led the Tigers to the national championship title in 1958.

Chefs have traveled far and wide for Saturday’s Great American Seafood Cook-off at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says this is a chance for the Bayou State to show off our fresh seafood, which blows the imports out of the water.

Cut 8 (09) “New Orleans”

Tickets are $10, and the event begins at 11:30 am.