Mississippi now has 660,000 more dollars to spend on infrastructure after the first month of legalized sports betting at its casinos. Matt Doyle has more.
Troopers are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happen last night in Lafayette. Sometime around 7pm, an officer responded to criminal activity, and during an altercation with the subject, fired his weapon, striking the subject. The subject is in stable condition. No officers were injured.
The state fire marshal’s office is sending over a dozen employees to Florida in response to Hurricane Michael. The delegation also contains 75 firefighters and medics from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Alexandria and Monroe, who make up the state’s Urban Search Rescue taskforces. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says these men and women will make Louisiana proud…
Hurricane Michael made landfall this afternoon as a strong Cat 4, with sustained winds just shy of Cat 5 status.
Colordo State hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach says today is the first time on record there are three Atlantic named storms with maximum sustained winds of at least 65 miles per hour in October. When Klotzbach’s team updated its forecast in August, they predicted a below-average season. He says with three named storms this week, there forecast ended up a little off…