Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to make landfall tonight, most likely along the Mississippi Gulf coast. State Climatologist Barry Keim….
cut 11 (07) “….one hurricane”
St. Tammany, Washington and Tangipahoa are among the parishes in the cone of uncertainty as Gordon moves closer to the northern Gulf Coast. St. Tammany President Pat Brister says 40-thousand sandbags were distributed yesterday as there’s the potential they could see three to five inches of rain…
cut 3 (06) “….bit of water”
About 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen have been activated in the case flooding becomes a problem.

Once the storm makes landfall, it’s expected to stay on a northwest track and the center of the storm will be in northeast Louisiana tomorrow afternoon, possibly as a tropical storm.

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.

The CDC says there were nearly 2.3 million cases of STDs in America last year, an all-time record for the nation. And it’s not just STD rates that are raising eyebrows. New, antibiotic resistant STDs are becoming more prevalent, leaving doctors with few options for addressing what were once easily treatable diseases. Kanter says the public needs to rethink how it approaches antibiotic use.
Cut 8 (07) “…need them.”