Hurricane Zeta continues to increase in intensity winds are now at 110 miles per hour making it just under a category three storm. It’s also picked up speed moving north northeast at 22 mph and is 60 miles southwest of Grand Isle, 100 miles south-southwest of New Orleans. Wind gusts of 48 miles per hour have been reported in Houma. Zeta should make landfall in the next hour along the Lafourche-Terrebonne Parish line.
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is riding out Hurricane Zeta in Plaquemines Parish, where he once served as parish president. Nungesser is concerned about flooding as construction continues on a federal levee system…
Nungesser says if you’re still in the area hunker down until the storm passes.
The family of Tommie McGlothen Jr., a mentally ill man who died after being in Shreveport Police custody, is seeking a 25-million-dollar wrongful death settlement from the City of Shreveport. Family attorney James Carter says they have a strong case and notes the Shreveport City Council has requested the Department of Justice investigate SPD for patterns of civil rights violations…
The head of State Police, Colonel Kevin Reeves, has announced he will retire at the end of the week. There’s an ongoing investigation into the death of a black man while in State police custody. But Governor Edwards says he knew of Reeves’ retirement plans since last year…
Edwards says he’s never lost confidence in Reeves. Again Hurricane Zeta is expect to make landfall in the next hour or so just under a category three storm.