People around Louisiana are surveying the aftermath of Hurricane Barry today, with many feeling they dodged a bullet.  Director of the St. Mary Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness David Naquin says many were spared from flooding, but some weren’t so lucky.

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Heavy rain has set up over central Louisiana, with reports of homes being flooded in Avoyelles, and now Pointe Coupee Parishes.

The main issue facing homes and businesses is power outages.  Entergy has 24,000 customers without power, down from 89,000.  Cleco crews are entering their second day of restoration, with about 17,000 still without power.  Cleco spokesperson Jennifer Cahill.

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Iberia and St. Mary Parish were hardest hit.

Legendary Ruston Daily Leader sports editor Buddy Davis passed away over the weekend. Davis covered Eddie Robinson and his championship Grambling State football teams, even at a time when many disapproved, but Louisiana Tech sports information director Malcolm Butler Davis Buddy wasn’t afraid to do it.

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Davis was 72.

A jury recommends the death penalty for 57-year-old Kevin Daigle, convicted in the “cold blooded”2015 ambush shooting death of a State Trooper in Calcasieu Parish. Calcasieu District Attorney John DeRosier says the jury was moved by testimony from Vincent’s family about the trooper’s last moments…

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It took less than 15 minutes for the jury to agree to the death penalty.

Most of Louisiana appears to have dodged a bullet from once Hurricane Barry, and Governor Edwards says the state will begin ramping down it’s state of emergency activities. Edwards thanked the emergency personnel who rose to the occasion during the storm…

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Heavy rain bands have set up over parts of central Louisiana today, in Avoyelles Parish 10 homes have been flooded and a person had to be rescued out of their home in Bunkie.

A jury recommends the death penalty for 57-year-old Kevin Daigle, convicted in the ambush and shooting death of a State Trooper in 2015. Calcasieu District Attorney John DeRosier says it’s the first time in his 14 years as DA that he’s stuck with a death penalty request.

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Daigle was caught on dashcam footage blasting Trooper Steven Vincent with a sawed-off shotgun.

Longtime Ruston Daily Leader sports editor Buddy Davis passed away over the weekend at the age of 72. Lousiana Tech sports information director Malcolm Butler says Davis spent five decades covering sports in Lincoln Parish.

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Davis covered icons like Terry Bradshaw and Karl Malone, and the great Louisiana Tech women’s basketball teams.

People around Louisiana are surveying the aftermath of Hurricane Barry today and Director of the St. Mary Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness David Naquin says the parish did not receive the copious amounts of rain forecasters expected, but they did get dumped on a good bit yesterday afternoon.

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The main issue facing homes and businesses in the parish is power outages.

Barry did not deliver a blow to Louisiana that forecasters were predicting. Jeff Palermo looks at what happens….

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Friday there were serious concerns that some levees in New Orleans may have difficulty handling the storm, but Governor Edwards says the upgraded levee system held up.

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Entergy is hoping to have power restored in the next 48 hours to those that were affected by the storm. This morning they reported that 31-thousand customers were still without power, down from the peak of 89-thousand customers. They are having to rebuild poles, wires and substations that were damaged.  Entergy has approximately 4-thousand worker restoring power. They are facing challenges accessing roadways in Assumption. Lafourche, St. Mary and Terrbonne Parishes due to high water. Cleco is reporting approximately 23-thousand without power still this morning, down from 63-thousand and they have 14-hunderd contractors working to restore power.The hardest hit areas for Cleco is St Mary and Iberia Parishes.

SEC football Media Days begin today in Hoover, Alabama. Braden Gall covers college football for Athlon Sports and ESPN-U Radio and he says LSU will be good on defense once again, but the play at quarterback could be the best it’s been at LSU in a long time…
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Barry is now a tropical depression in Arkansas but state State Climatologist Barry Keim says you have to forgive forecasters for using the information available and predicting a Category One hurricane would make landfall in southwest Louisiana four days before it actually happened…

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Keim says forecasters use multiple models in order to come up with a rainfall prediction, but in this case, they were not accurate

The system knocked out power all along the coast as hurricane and tropical storm force winds knocked down power lines. Governor Edwards says the final numbers were substantial.

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The majority of those outages occurred in coastal parishes.

SEC Media Days kicks off in Birmingham, Alabama today, Braden Gall covers college football for Athlon Sports and ESPN-U Radio. Gall says Alabama goes in as the preseason favorite in the SEC West again. Texas A-and-M is facing a difficult schedule, so Gall believes Auburn could be the other team that challenges the Crimson tide for SEC West supremacy.

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LSU receives a grant worth nearly $400-thousand from the Institute of Museum and Library Science to creation virtual footlockers.  Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Ed Benoit says while the project is focusing on vets of the 21^st century, they hope to expand the scope of the project.

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Barry is a tropical depression in Arkansas this morning after dumping several inches of rain, knocking out power and producing some flooding along the coast. But Barry didn’t live up to projections of major flooding, of 15 to 20 inches of rain. State Climatologist Barry Keim says you can thank wind shear that the models didn’t take into account…

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Most of Louisiana appears to have dodged a bullet from once Hurricane Barry, and Governor Edwards says the state will begin ramping down its state of emergency activities. Governor Edwards thanked the emergency personnel who rose to the occasion during the storm. He says operations took place in a number of locations.

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Today is the first day of SEC Media Days. LSU Coach Ed Orgeron will speak to hundreds of reporters today. Braden Gall covers college football for Athlon Sports and ESPN-U Radio. He says LSU and Florida are two dark horses to make the college football playoff.

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LSU receives a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Science in an effort to tell the stories of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and active duty military through the creation of virtual footlockers.  Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Ed Benoit  says footlockers would include social media posts, digital photos, videos, emails, and stories from the troops.

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Barry did not deliver a blow to Louisiana that forecasters were predicting. Jeff Palermo looks at what happens….

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 Louisiana officials are feeling pretty good about how crucial state infrastructure held up under the weight of Barry. Kevin Barnhart has more.

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LSU receives a grant funding a project focusing on the preservation of photos, videos, emails, and social media posts of 21^st century veterans.  Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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Barry is a tropical depression in Arkansas this morning after dumping several inches of rain, knocking out power and producing some flooding along the coast. But Barry didn’t live up to projections of major flooding, because of 15 of 20 inches of rain. State Climatologist Barry Keim says you can thank wind shear that the models didn’t take into account…

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Keim says forecasters use multiple models in order to come up with a rainfall prediction, but in this case, they were not accurate

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But Keim says you have to forgive forecasters for using the information available and predicting a Category One hurricane would make landfall in southwest Louisiana four days before it actually happened…

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Today is the first day of SEC Media Days. LSU Coach Ed Orgeron, along with Joe Burrow, Grant Delpit and Lloyd Cushenberry will speak to hundreds of reporters today. Braden Gall covers college football for Athlon Sports and ESPN-U Radio. He says LSU and Florida are two dark horses to make the college football playoff

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Gall says LSU will be good on defense once again, but the play at quarterback could be the best it’s been at LSU in a long time…

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Gall says Alabama goes in as the preseason favorites in the SEC West again. Texas A-and-M is facing a difficult schedule, so Gall believes Auburn could be the other team that challenges the Crimson Tide for SEC West supremacy

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Most of Louisiana appears to have dodged a bullet from once Hurricane Barry, and Governor Edwards says the state will begin ramping down it’s state of emergency activities.

On Friday there were serious concerns that some levees in New Orleans may have difficulty handling the storm, but Edwards says the upgraded levee system held up.

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There were concerns of over topping due to the Mississippi River being at around 16 feet due to historic rainfall in the Midwest.

Edwards thanked the emergency personnel who rose to the occasion during the storm. He says operations took place in a number of locations.

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48 of those came from one facility that was evacuated early Sunday morning in Iberia Parish.

The system knocked out power all along the coast as hurricane and tropical storm force winds knocked down power lines. Edwards says the final numbers were substantial.

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The majority of those outages occurred in coastal parishes.

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LSU receives a grant worth nearly $400k from the Institute of Museum and Library Science in an effort to tell the stories of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and active duty military through the creation of virtual footlockers.  Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Ed Benoit says these virtual footlockers will not only be important family heirlooms but important documentation for historians.

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The virtual footlockers would include social media posts, digital photos, videos, emails, and stories from the troops.  Benoit says much of the documentation may get lost in data migration through time, but he is consulting with soldiers in an effort to make the preservation as encompassing as possible.

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While the project is focusing on vets of the 21^stcentury, Benoit is hoping to eventually expand the scope of the project.

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At 7 o’clock the National Weather Service Advisory has the center of Tropical Storm Barry located 45 mile South Southwest of Alexandria and maximum sustained winds have decreased to 60 miles per hour.

Barry is moving toward the north-northwest near 8 mph and this

motion is expected to continue tonight.  A turn toward the

north is expected on Sunday.  The center of Barry will move across central Louisiana tonight, through northern Louisiana on Sunday, and over Arkansas Sunday night and Monday. Additional weakening is expected as the center moves farther inland, and is forecast to weaken to a depression on Sunday.

Governor Edwards says rescue teams will be mobilized if needed, and is warning against disaster sightseers who might be tempted to put themselves in danger to grab a captivating video to post on social media.

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The power is out for thousands across the Bayou state thanks to Barry and the strong and steady winds are delaying efforts for repair work. Several power polls have fallen and Entergy spokesperson Lee Sabatini says they can’t be fixed until the winds fall below 30 miles per hour Sabatini says outages along the coast will take longer to fix…

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At 6 o’clock this evening Entergy reported 68-thousand customers In Louisiana are without power.

Barry may be bringing a bit less rain than was projected this morning as it slowly works its way up the state. Baton Rouge is now in for five to eight inches of rain, down from 10 to 15 earlier today, but National Weather Service Slidell Forecaster Robert Ricks says it’s no reason to get complacent.

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At 4 o’clock the National Weather Service advisory places the center of Tropical Storm Barry was 20 miles West Southwest of Lafayette and moving towards\ the north-northwest near 7 mph. This motion is expected to continue throughout the evening.  Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph. Additional weakening is expected as the center moves farther inland, and Barry is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression on Sunday.

The Acadiana area of the state is in the crosshairs of Tropical Storm Barry, Lafayette Parish Director for Emergency Preparedness Craig Stansbury says Barry is very reminiscent of the system that flooded Lafayette in 2016 which damaged many resident’s homes. He says they’ve mobilized with that flood in mind.

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The storm is slowly creeping along up the middle of the state even slower than predictions said it would, and Governor Edwards says that means residents need to be ready to hunker down for the entire weekend.

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Many Parishes across the state have issued curfews in hopes of keeping people off the roads to reduce flooding deaths and limit sightseers.

Utility companies are reporting thousands are without power from the strong and steady winds from Tropical Storm Barry. Several power polls have fallen and Entergy spokesperson Lee Sabatini says they can’t be fixed until the winds fall below 30 miles per hour

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Sabatini says outage along with coast will take longer to repair due to the lack of accessibility at this time.

At 4 o’clock the National Weather Service says the center of Tropical Storm Barry was 20 miles West Southwest of Lafayette and is moving toward the north-northwest near 7 mph. This general motion is expected to continue throughout the evening tonight.  A turn toward the north is expected tomorrow. The center is forecasted to move across southern and southwestern Louisiana this evening, and through central Louisiana tonight, and through northern Louisiana on Sunday.

Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph. Additional weakening is expected as the center moves farther inland, and Barry is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression on Sunday.

Roads are beginning to close across the state Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Wilson says the new, slow moving track for Barry will complicate the situation on the roads…

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Strong winds from the slow-moving Barry is knocking out power for thousands of customers. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Demco is reporting 110-thousand and Entergry is reporting 71-thousand customers are currently without power.

Some areas of the state haven’t seen much rain yet, State Climatologist Barry Keim says expect conditions to change further into the night.

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At 4 o’clock the National Weather Service says the center of Tropical Storm Barry was 20 miles West Southwest of Lafayette and is moving toward the north-northwest near 7 mph. This general motion is expected to continue throughout the evening tonight.  A turn toward the north is expected tomorrow. The center is forecasted to move across southern and southwestern Louisiana this evening, and through central Louisiana tonight, and through northern Louisiana on Sunday.

Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph.and these winds are near the coast to the southeast of the center of the storm. Additional weakening is expected as the center moves farther inland, and Barry is forecast to weaken to a depression on Sunday.

Barry may be bringing a bit less rain than was projected this morning as it slowly works it’s way up the state.

Baton Rouge is now in for five to eight inches of rain, down from 10 to 15 earlier today, but National Weather Service Slidell Forecaster Robert Ricks says it’s no reason to get complacent.

Lafayette is now in the crosshairs for Tropical Storm Barry as forecasts show the system will either pass over, or skirt the edges of the capital of Acadiana.

The city will get tropical storm force winds, but Lafayette Parish Director for Emergency Preparedness Craig Stansbury says their biggest concern is the significant amount of rain that is on the way.

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Barry is expected to dump 10-15 inches of water across south-central Louisiana, and Governor Edwards says that’s creating a flood risk in the Baton Rouge area. He says the Amite river will crest lower than the Great Flood of August 2016, but…

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