Tropical Storm Gordon is moving quickly across the eastern Gulf of Mexico eyeing a landfall, possibly as a hurricane, along the Mississippi coast around midnight tonight. Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency in advance of the storm as flooding is a major concern…
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Edwards says 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen will be positioned in southeast Louisiana today.

Louisiana has an agreement with the federal government on a plan to borrow 650-million dollars to pay for major highway projects, like the widening of I-10 in Baton Rouge and a new road from I-20 directly into Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson….
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STDs are on the rise in a big way across the country….
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Pineville Police Chief Don Weatherford says an internal investigation is underway into the arrest of Sergeant Edric Smith, who allegedly punched an umpire at a softball game on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus. Smith’s daughter was playing in the game and Smith alleges the ump threatened his daughter, so he grabbed the official and punched him in the face repeatedly. Smith has been charged with battery of a recreation athletic official.