Governor John Bel Edwards is asking residents in southeast Louisiana not to take Tropical Storm Gordon lightly.  As of the 4PM advisory, Gordon is 445 miles East South East of the mouth of the Mississippi River with max sustained winds of 50MPH. Edwards says there is still a chance for some nasty weather in the Bayou State…
Cut 9 (12) “…four feet”
St. Tammany and Washington parishes are 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.
Cut 3 (06) “…bit of water.”
The National Hurricane Center says 4 to 8 inches is possible in northeast Louisiana when Gordon reaches the Mississippi Delta as a tropical depression tomorrow.

A contractor accused of ripping off customers in five parishes after the 2016 flood has received a four-year prison sentence and forced to repay 84-thousand dollars to at least nine 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, but Legal Analyst Tim Meche says there’s a likely reason why the first cases were tried in Livingston.
Cut 14 (08) “…at that”
Authorities say Morris would defraud victims and then place liens on their homes.

And LSU football coach Ed Orgeron announced today that edge rusher K’Lavon Chaission will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury…
cut 30 (10) “…great career”
Chaission is the Tigers best pass rusher.