Tropical Storm Gordon looks more like a problem for Mississippi and Alabama, as the storm is expected to make landfall late tonight on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane. Danielle Manning, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says is expected to reach hurricane strength before landfall…
But 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 St. Tammany government has been preparing for Gordon for most of the weekend and the public should do its part…
Gordon will move into Northeast Louisiana tomorrow afternoon, where flash flood watches are in effect.
A contractor accused of ripping off customers across five parishes after the 2016 flood is being sent to prison and forced to repay 84,434 dollars to 11 Livingston Parish victims. 41-year-old Matthew Morris was indicted on 51 counts, but ended up pleading guilty to only one. Morris is still facing charges in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne Parishes, but Legal Analyst Tim Meche says there’s a likely reason why the first cases were tried in Livingston.
Authorities say Morris would defraud victims and then place liens on their homes.
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