Tropical Storm Cristobal is heading towards Louisiana, with maximum sustained winds of 50-miles per hour. It’s currently 365 miles south of the Mississippi River, moving north at 12-miles per hour. Storm surge warnings and watches are up for parts of Louisiana and so are tropical storm warnings and watches. Governor Edwards says the National Hurricane Center is projecting a late Sunday, Monday morning landfall and we’ll see wind speeds greater than 50 miles per hour in southeast Louisiana…
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The National Hurricane Center forecasts the center of Cristobal will be a depression in north Louisiana on Monday afternoon.

Authorities say an eight-year-old boy and his 10-year-old brother are dead after a swimming incident around seven o’clock last night in Grand Isle. Their 12-year-old cousin and an adult man were airlifted to a hospital. It happened in a similar spot where another person died last week.

21-year-old Detrick Guillory of Basile is in jail on two counts of first-degree murder after authorities say he killed his grandfather and godmother, John and Lois Guillory. They were found dead in their home last month. Acadia Parish Sheriff K-P Gibson says they are still investigating…
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Gibson would not disclose a motive for the crime.

Public defenders say the COVID shutdown hammered their budgets and are requesting 28 million dollars in state funds to fill the gaps and address a staffing shortage. The closure of courts has led to a lack of court fees being collected that fund a significant portion of public defender’s budgets. Meghan Garvey is a public defender and says they may not have the money to operate once courts reopen.
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Lawmakers are discussing a 33-billion dollar budget during the ongoing special session and looking at how they can send more money to fund public defenders.