The center of Tropical Storm Marco is about 50 miles southeast of the mouth of the Missisippi River, but it has weakened from yesterday when it was a hurricane. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the bigger concern is Tropical Storm Laura near Cuba and he says the storm will strengthen as it heads to the Gulf of Mexico…
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Keim says Laura is expected to be at least a Category Two hurricane when it makes landfall along the Gulf Coast.

Governor Edwards is asking residents not to become complacent, just because Marco has weakened. He’s also grateful President Trump has approved the state’s request for federal assistance…
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Entergy Louisiana has restoration crews in place as the state braces for the impacts of Marco and Laura. Customer Service Vice President Melanie Stewart says there are many complexities that come with preparing for two different storms
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State Police continues to investigate Friday’s fatal police shooting in Lafayette that resulted in the death of 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin. Investigators say Pellerin was armed with a knife and tried to enter an occupied conveinence after disobeying commands from several police officers. NAACP Lafayette President Mardja Broussard notes this is the third Lafayette Police officer-involved shooting in the last five months…
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Protests have taken place the last two nights with only a small number of arrests.

Last night saw a second straight night of protests in Lafayette over the Friday night fatal police shooting of 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin, a black man who was armed with a knife and attempted to enter an occupied convenience store.  NAACP Lafayette President Mardja Broussard believes the police could have handled this better…
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The video appears to show Lafayette police shouting for Pellerin to stop walking before they tazed him to no effect. As he began to enter a convenience store, Lafayette Police officers fired their guns. Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory released a statement that supports how the officers handled the situation. State Police continues to investigate.

Tropical Storm Marco is fizzling out, as its maximum sustained winds are at 50 miles per hour. But Tropical Storm Laura is looming and it could be a Category Two hurricane when it makes landfall Wednesday night or Thursday morning in southwest Louisiana.

There have been a lot of changes with forecasts for Tropical Storm and Marco. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the weather community has had a challenge in developing forecasts for these storms as well as figuring out how they might influence each other…
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Marco is expected to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow morning around Terrebonne and LaFourche Parishes and skirt along Louisiana’s coast tomorrow.

There was a concern that Marco would produce significant power outages, but that concern has been reduced. But Laura could be a different story as that’s expected to a be a powerful storm. Entergy Customer Service Vice President Melanie Stewart is asking customers for patience if the lights go out,…
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Tropical Storm Marco continues to weaken as it moves closer to Louisiana’s coast. Its maximum sustained winds have fallen to 50 miles per hour. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Laura is near Cuba with maximum sustained winds at 65 miles per hour and is expected to intensify as the week goes along. With more on that, here’s Matt Doyle…
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Laura is projected to make landfall late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning in southwest Louisiana. Governor Edwards provides another update at 11:30 today.

Entergy Louisiana has restoration crews in place as the state braces for the impacts of Marco and Laura. Customer Service Vice President Melanie Stewart says there are many complexities that come with preparing for two different storms
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Tensions are high in Lafayette after Friday’s officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old black man. Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory released a statement supporting the police officers’ actions, but NAACP Lafayette chapter President Mardja Broussard calls Guillory a racist…
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Last month, Guillory announced the closure of four rec centers that were predominantly used by African-Americans.

Louisiana is preparing for two tropical cyclones with the first landfall expected late tonight from Tropical Storm Marco. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Marco was downgraded to a tropical storm last night, but it will still bring storm surge and possible severe weather to southeast Louisiana.
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Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Laura is gaining strength near Cuba and will quickly become a hurricane once it emerges in the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow. It’s expected to be at least a Category two hurricane, when it makes landfall near Lake Charles late Wednesday night.

Governor Edwards says President Trump has approved his request for federal assistance…
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Entergy Louisiana has 3,400 storm workers in place across the state’s coastal areas ready to restore power following the impacts of Marco and Laura….
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It was another night of protesting in Lafayette last night as residents are upset over the police shooting on Friday night that killed Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old black man. Lafayette-Mayor President Josh Guillory released a statement supporting the police’s actions, but Lafayette’s NAACP leader calls Guillory a racist and Mardja Broussard demands that Guillory resigns.

There are two tropical storms that could impact Louisiana next week. Tropical Storm Laura is the biggest threat. Laura is currently producing heavy rains over portions of Puerto Rico. The storm is heading west at 18 miles per hour and it will move over Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba, before moving into the Gulf of Mexico and developing into a Category one hurricane. A strong Category one storm could make landfall along Louisiana’s coast Wednesday night.

There’s also Tropical storm Marco which is expected to become a hurricane later today over the northwest Caribbean Sea. Tim Destri, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says Marco will head towards Louisiana, before turning west Monday and weakening to a tropical storm….
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A large of portion of Louisiana’s coast is in the cone of uncertainty for Marco

State Police announce a black man shot by police in Lafayette last night has died from his injuries. State Police Trooper Derek Senegal says Lafayette police officers responded to a disturbance involving a person armed with a knife at a gas station and the subject then walked to another gas station with officers right behind him…
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The man shot has been identified as 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin and he died at a local hospital. Senegal says officers deployed Tasers as they pursued Pellerin, but they were ineffective. A bystander caught the episode on video, which has since gone viral, and you can hear officers fire multiple shots.

ULM football is pausing its preseason camp, because COVID testing produced nine positive cases. The school is hoping they can resume practice early next week. The Warhawks first game is September fifth at Troy.

There are two tropical storms that could impact Louisiana next week. Tropical Storm Laura is the biggest threat. Laura is currently producing heavy rains over portions of Puerto Rico. The storm is heading west at 18 miles per hour and it will move over Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba, before moving into the Gulf of Mexico and developing into a Category one hurricane. A strong Category one storm could make landfall along Louisiana’s coast Wednesday night.

There’s also Tropical storm Marco which is expected to become a hurricane later today over the northwest Caribbean Sea. Tim Destri, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says Marco will head towards Louisiana, before turning west Monday and weakening to a tropical storm….
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A large of portion of Louisiana’s coast is in the cone of uncertainty for Marco

There was an officer-involved shooting in Lafayette last night, but so far authorities have released very few details. State Police Trooper Derek Senegal says Lafayette police officers responded to a disturbance at a gas station and the subject then walked to another gas station with officers right behind him…
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Witnesses near the scene say the man was carrying a knife. A bystander caught the episode on video and you can hear officers fire multiple rounds into the man.

Colleges and universities will publicly report on-campus COVID-19 case data each week. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Alex Billioux says it will be a challenge to handle college outbreaks…
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Some colleges, including LSU, are doing their own contact tracing and surveillance efforts.

Louisiana residents should plan for a potential hurricane to hit the state on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center is forecasting that Tropical Storm Laura, which is currently over Puerto Rico, will reach the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and strengthen into a hurricane…
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That’s Tim Destri, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, who says Tropical Storm Marco in the Caribbean appears to be more of a threat to Texas.

A Baton Rouge man who killed a woman in a high-speed wreck last year after he says God told him to kill himself is found not guilty by reason of insanity. 19-year-old Jack Jordan’s attorney, James Manasseh, says Jordan had no criminal or mental health history before he was hit with paranoid schizophrenia…
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Stephanie Payne was stopped at a Baton Rouge intersection in July of 2019 when Jordan slammed his vehicle into hers at over 90 miles per hour.

We are waiting on State Police to report more information on last night’s officer-involved shooting in Lafayette. There’s video on social media that looks like officers firing several shots at a black man holding a knife outside of a gas station. No word on the identity of the man or his injuries.

Monday is the first day of school for LSU students and they will to get used to a New Normal. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The National Hurricane Center is forecasting that Tropical Storm Laura will ramp up into a hurricane once it gets in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and then make landfall as a Category One Storm in Louisiana on Wednesday. Tim Destri with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says Laura is currently disorganized as it moves over Puerto Rico. He says Laura is also expected to move over Cuba’s rugged terrain…
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And there’s also Tropical Storm Marco, which is showing signs of strengthening in the northwestern Caribbean Sea. But Destri says the National Hurricane Center does not expect Marco to become a hurricane and eventually make landfall as a tropical storm in Texas late Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning.

Governor Edwards has declared a state of emergency as Louisiana prepares for the potential impact of two named storms.

Colleges and universities will publicly report on-campus COVID-19 case data each week. Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Alex Billioux says the main goal is to pinpoint where outbreaks occur in an effort to mitigate further spread.
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Billioux admits it will be more difficult to handle COVID outbreaks on a college campus compared to an outbreak that might occur at a business.

A second federal judge has ruled in favor of Governor Edwards executive order that restricts bars to only take-out and delivery service. Bar owners claim they were shut down without constitutional due process. But Judge Robert Summerhays in Lafayette ruled last night there is a real and substantial relation between the restrictions on bars and the state’s effort to control the spread of COVID-19. A federal judge in New Orleans also ruled in favor of Governor Edwards.