Tropical Storm Gordon continues to move towards the Northern Gulf Coast eyeing a landfall along the Mississippi Gulf Coast tonight, possibly as a hurricane. St. Tammany, Washington and Tangipahoa parishes are in the cone of uncertainty and State Climatologist Barry Keim says heavy rainfall is a threat…
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Governor John Bel Edwards says the forecast track of Gordon can easily shift west…
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Edwards has declared a state of emergency and 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen have been activated, if flooding becomes a problem. Gordon could also be still a tropical storm once it reaches northeast Louisiana tomorrow.

An agreement between the state and the federal government has been reached on a plan to borrow 650-million dollars for major roadway projects. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says this particular agreement with the Federal Highway Administration is the first of its kind in Louisiana….
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The funding will go towards widening Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge, a new interchange on I-10 in Kenner at Loyola Drive and a new road from I-20 directly into Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City.

According to the C-D-C, S-T-D rates in the US have hit a record high for a fourth straight year. Louisiana Department of Health regional medical director, Doctor Joseph Kanter, says we need to change the way we talk about S-T-Ds…
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