Tropical Storm Sally is getting a little stronger as it moves towards the Louisiana-Mississippi coast. Its maximum sustained winds are up to 65-miles per hour and tropical storm winds are expected to arrive along Louisiana’s southeastern coast this morning. Sally is expected to develop into a hurricane as it crawls past Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes. State Climatologist Barry Keim says a storm surge of seven to eleven feet is expected from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Ocean Springs, Mississippi…
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Governor Edwards says since Sally will be a slow-moving storm, heavy rainfall is expected in far southeastern Louisiana,
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Unemployment workers will receive their last federally boosted checks this week. Brooke Thorington has the story.
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CenturyLink in Monroe is now known as Lumen Technologies. That’s according to a news release from the Monroe-based Fortune 500 company. Lumen says the new name comes with a new purpose to help lead companies through the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Saints won their season opener over Tampa Bay, while Ragin Cajuns football is ranked in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time in modern-day history after beating Iowa State.