The National Hurricane Center predicts Tropical Storm Nate will develop into a Category 1 Hurricane with a possible landfall along the southeast Louisiana coast. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards can’t understand why Congress didn’t include 2016 Louisiana flood victims in legislation that gives this year’s hurricane victims special disaster tax breaks. The bill has five tax relief provisions. Edwards says Congress should not pit storm victims against one another.

20 people have been arrested for drug trafficking in Winn Parish. Eleven individuals face federal charges and 10 people will be brought up on state charges. Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District Alexander Van Hook says the defendants were involved in the distribution of large amounts of methamphetamines….
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An important fish for the Gulf of Mexico seafood industry, Menhaden, has declined in size and LSU researcher Eugene Turner says rising sea surface temperatures are to blame….
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Turner says Menhaden had a dockside value of 129-million dollars in 2013 and that dollar amount will decline as the fish get smaller.