A Louisiana music legend has left us. Percy Sledge passed away at his Baton Rouge home early this morning. The man who recorded “When A Man Loves A Woman” was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Louisiana Music Hall of Fame Director Mike Shepherd says they inducted the R&B singer into the in 2007 and his reaction to the award was memorable…:
CUT 7 (10) “that’s how he felt”
Percy Sledge was 73.

There’s a little less state-wide coverage of rain through this evening, but forecasters are telling us that’s only temporary, especially in the south…
CUT 9 (09) Q: ‘this morning’
That’s Donald Jones, with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles.
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It was as rough day at the office for Covington Representative Paul Hollis, at the parking area at the State Capitol, attempting to get behind a moving delivery truck. State Police spokesman Lt. JB Slaton says-with the new security system-only one vehicle can go through at a time. Two bollards shot up from the ground through the front of his car.
CUT 4 (10) Q: “bollards re-engage.”
Hollis broke his right hand and suffered a concussion.

Representative Mike Johnson’s Religious Freedom Bill is facing some uncertainty in the House, as it was the only bill not assigned to a committee to hearing. Governor Bobby Jindal says he supports the bill, while State representative and gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards says as of right now the legislation is vaguely written….
cut 14 (08) “interracial marriage”