Don’t let the fall weather fool you. Hurricane season is not over in Louisiana. State climatologist Barry Keim says it’s too early to let your guard down because the history books reflect that storms can make a Louisiana landfall in October.
While many of the state’s October landfalls may be frontloaded, Hurricane Juan made landfall on October 29, 1985, looped around, and made a second landfall on October 31. The records date back to 1851.
The pace of new donations to Hurricane Laura relief is slowing down, but advocates on the ground say more assistance is still badly needed. Community Foundation of Lake Charles CEO Sara Judson says their organization has raised six million dollars so far with that money focused on efforts that will get people back into housing.
A House committee approves a resolution that would suspend the Governor’s COVID public health emergency order for 30 days after the current special session ends. The resolution was brought by House Speaker Clay Schexnayder who says it would allow the Legislature to then craft a new public health plan themselves.
The session is expected to end in late October.
A Denham Springs man is facing multiple sex crimes after he traveled from his home in Louisiana to have sex with an underage girl in Spring Hill, Florida. Hernando County Sheriff Detective Tom Cameron says 36-year-old Johnathan Lee Rossmoine actually lived in the girl’s closet for the last five weeks and the victim’s parents did not know…
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Rossmoine was found when the victim’s mother saw something move in her daughter’s bedroom closet.