There’s a chance a tropical depression could be forming in the southern Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, or early next week. The batch of weather is currently a low pressure system in the Caribbean Sea. Some early models have it tracking over Florida once it enters the Gulf, but if it does makes its way here National Weather Service Slidell Meteorologist Megan Williams says it could bring with it some nasty weather.
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It’s been six months since the disappearance of a 4 year old in Claiborne Parish. Rondriez “Junior” Phillips wandered off while his step father was working on a car in the family’s yard on April 5th, and the search still continues with a reward offered by the FBI for information that helps find him. Both parents of the child have seen legal troubles with arrests since the disappearance. Bailey says the continued silence with those that likely have knowledge of the situation adds to the frustration.
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Iraq is set to buy 90,000 tons of American grown rice in a deal that more than triples the tonnage of the original request pushed by Congressman Ralph Abraham and others, and that’s big for Louisiana, which produces more rice than any other state. Abraham has mentioned the need for diversifying the state’s agricultural exports in the past, and says he’s been working behind the scenes to solidify this new Mid-East connection.
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The last Iraqi rice deal was for 15,000 tons.
Nearly 200 female Louisiana lawyers have signed a petition urging the state’s two US Senators to vote against the Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The document highlights the judge’s temperament during the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing as enough to disqualify him from consideration. Baton Rouge Attorney Jill Craft…
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Republican Senator Bill Cassidy says Kavanaugh has shown excellent temperament as a judge.