There are numerous scattered thunderstorms across the state today as much of south and central Louisiana are under a flash flood watch through Saturday night. Donald Jones, with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, says be prepared for locally heavy downpours…
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Rain and lightening has pushed back the start of the LSU baseball game until 5 PM.

A measure is heading to Senate floor final legislative passage that will result in voters deciding whether colleges should have authority to raise tuition. Currently, it takes a two-thirds vote in the legislature to raise tuition above a certain level. Higher Ed Commissioner Joseph Rallo says letting universities set their own tuition is in the best interest of students…
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The Tangiaphoa Parish Sheriff’s office is seeking clues into the murder of three people during a 24-hour period. Two people were found shot to death in an SUV in Natalbany on Thursday and then this morning, the body of 18-year-old Marquise Lightfoot was found about a block away from the double homicide. Sheriff Daniel Edwards…
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Edwards says they are offering a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in these recent murders.

Legislation that raises the age a person can be put through the adult criminal justice system is close to final legislative passage. Under the bill 17-years would be put through the juvenile system, instead of the adult, which is good thing for the state, accorrding Joshua Perry, the director of the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights…
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