A strong cold front last night and during the overnight hours dropped heavy rainfall, hail and there are reports of tornado damage. K-T-B-S TV reports multiple trees are down in Red River Parish and there’s some structural damage. Authorities also say a home in south Natchitoches Parish had its partially torn off on LA Highway 484. No injuries reported.

Southeast Louisiana is getting over a billion dollars in federal money that can be used to pay for flood protection projects in southeast Louisiana…
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Cajun Navy Relief is holding its first Search and Rescue Games today in the Atchafalaya Basin. The games will serve as a training exercise for disaster rescue scenarios in extreme flooding. Spokesperson Amy Jones says the Games also give the volunteer rescue group a chance to work with new GPS equipment…
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Authorities have charged a juvenile with attempted carjacking after he allegedly tried to steal an unmarked State Police unit in New Orleans last Thursday. Sergeant Jared Sandifer says an on-duty trooper was sitting in the vehicle at the time and fired his weapon at the teen after he tried entering the vehicle…
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No one was injured.