Tropical Storm Laura is now Hurricane Laura in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Its maximum sustained winds have reached 75 miles per hour and it’s moving west-northwest at 17 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center expects Laura to become a major hurricane tomorrow and maintain that intensity when it makes landfall along the Louisiana-Texas border Thursday morning.

Here’s what Governor Edwards has to say about Laura…
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It appears southwest Louisiana will take the brunt of what Laura has to offer. Calcasieu Parish Emergency Preparedness director Dick Gremillion says Lake Charles is not on the coast, but storm surge still threatens the city due to the marshland to the south and…
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The National Hurricane Center says a seven to eleven-foot storm surge is predicted from High Island Texas to Morgan City.

Today is the first day of classes at LSU. The school has opened four on-campus rapid COVID-19 testing sites. LSU interim president Thomas Galligan says efforts like this show the administration is serious about safety, but still…
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Currently, a third of all classes will be in person, a third will be a hybrid between in-person and virtual, and a third will be online only.