Services are being held in Lafayette for former governor Kathleen Blanco this morning at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral. Mass is underway with her funeral to follow. Visitation was held beforehand where hundreds gathered to pay their respects to Louisiana’s first and only female governor. A private burial will be held this afternoon.
Southwest Louisiana is under a flash flood watch until seven o’clock tonight. State Climatologist Barry Keim says thunderstorms and showers will be sporadic and unpredictable across the southern part of the state this weekend. Keim says you shouldn’t lock yourself indoors for the weekend, but don’t any big outdoor plans.
On the Brightside the rain should help keep temperatures down. As for the northern part of the state the chance of rain is minimal. And temperatures will reach into the 90s.
Louisiana Key Academy in Baton Rouge will be featured on Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. It will focus on the school’s teaching method for dyslexia. Academy Principal Heather Bourgeois hopes the segment will encourage further advocacy of following the template set by the public charter school.
The show airs tomorrow at 8AM.
In Baton Rouge American Idol is holding open auditions they are hoping to find another Laine Hardy. Senior Supervising Producer with American Idol Patrick Lynn says come prepared with three songs: a show-stopper, a ballad, and a more contemporary tune, and don’t bore the judge get straight to the chorus.
Auditions are from 9 to 5 at the Hilton Capitol Center.