According to the National Federation of Independent Business, today is a great day to shop local during the state’s tax free holiday weekend. The 4 percent state sales tax will be waived on retail items; up to 25 hundred dollars. N-F-I-B State director Dawn Starns says if more individuals shop at smaller stores, more jobs will be saved and the economy will bounce back quicker.
CUT 5 (11) “create jobs”
And she says it will help parents with that back to school shopping.

A New Orleans man has been arrested in connection to a double-homicide in Donaldsonville on January 26th. Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 26 year-old Quinton Jackson in the Crescent City, and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 37 year-old Chad Nichols and 29 year-old Benny Booker. Authorites believe the shooting was a drug-related crime.
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Here in Louisiana this weekend, it’s not just the heat. It’s the heat, humidity AND heat indexes. State Climatologist Barry Keim says those could reach up to 120 degrees in some areas. Keim says some slight relief is in sight as a cold front is expected to roll across the state Tuesday night into Wednesday..
cut 11 (09) “upper 90s”
So the advice is to limit your time in the direct sun, and keeping yourself well-hydrated.

A Baton Rouge man faces a cruelty charge following alleged incident that sent his 3 month old daughter to the hospital with skull and rib fractures, bruising and a bloody mouth. Twenty-eight year-old John William Hope is charged with 2nd degree cruelty to a juvenile. According to an affidavit, the baby is in critical, but stable condition; with no brain activity reported. The report says Hope told his wife that the baby had fallen off a changing table.