Hurricane Laura has strengthened to a Category Three storm and there’s a possibility it could be a Category Four storm when it makes landfall near the Louisiana/Texas border early Thursday morning…
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Laura is expected to move into northwest Louisiana tomorrow afternoon. Caddo Emergency Preparedness Deputy Director Robert Jump says people need to prepare for winds over 40-miles per hour…
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Southwest Louisiana is bracing for a hurricane that could produce catastrophic damage. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says anyone who has the means of doing so needs to get out of the area as soon as possible…
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Calcasieu Sheriff Tony Mancuso has evacuated the parish jail…
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Mancuso says until the storm passes there will be a zero-tolerance policy on illegal behavior, and those arrested will have to ride out the storm and subsequent days in the jail.

Governor John Bel Edwards says he’ll make an announcement today on extending Phase 2 coronavirus restrictions. Phase two sets business capacity at 50-percent requires masks and prohibits on-site consumption at bars. The current phase two order expires on Friday.