Governor John Bel Edwards joined New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu today to discuss the possibility of more flooding on the east bank of the city. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins says he’s glad President Donald Trump is taking a stand against continued threats from North Korea. Jeff Palermo reports..:
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Baton Rouge Police have made an arrest in the fatal armed robbery that cost a Tennessee truck driver his life. Sgt. L’Jean McKneely says they identified the suspect, 18-year-old Landry Carter, from his involvement in other robberies.
McKneely says they issued a warrant for Carter’s arrest for those robberies. He says both video surveillance and witness testimony were essential to bringing in the suspect. He says they spoke with witnesses who saw the tragic event.
Keith Odom of Tennessee was robbed and fatally shot while fixing a flat tire in a parking lot Tuesday morning. Carter is charged with four counts of armed robbery and one count of first degree murder. McKneely says the hard work of BRPD detectives got this man off the street before anyone else could be hurt.
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A Walker woman is in critical condition after she jumped from a moving vehicle on I-12. Captain John Sharp with Walker Police says last night 26-year-old Whitney Cotton was riding with her fiancé, 27-year-old Matthew Roberts, when she leapt out of the pickup truck.
Sharp says no foul play is suspected in this incident. He says Cotton was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries.
Sharp says detectives are looking into the matter. He asks that anyone who saw the incident to contact police.
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Governor John Bel Edwards joined New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu today to discuss the possibility of more flooding in the city, as a turbine caught fire overnight forcing a pumping station to move to last resort power. Landrieu says this outage has the potential to compromise the capacity of drainage on the East Bank of New Orleans…:
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Landrieu says that crews are on site now working to repair the downed turbine, and securing backup power to the pumping stations. He added that if all of the power from Entergy continues, the city will be able to handle a typical rainfall situation. Governor Edwards said he signed a declaration of emergency for Orleans Parish….:
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All Orleans Parish schools are closed today due to the flood risk, and people in the affected areas are being asked to park their cars on the neutral ground. Ladrieu said the city will be vulnerable over the next 24 to 48 hours, as four out of five turbines are out of service. Edwards stressed that while this is a serious situation…:
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Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins says he’s glad President Donald Trump is taking stand against continued threats from North Korea. The Cajun John Wayne says previous administrations have dealt with aggressions from North Korea with a, “kick the can down the road” type mentality, but it’s about time to get serious…:
Earlier this week, Mr. Trump warned that North Korea would “face fire and fury like the world has never seen” if Pyongyang keeps threatening the US. North Korea’s response was to say it’s seriously examining a plan to launch a missile strike targeting an area near the US territory of Guam. Higgins says this is completely unacceptable…:
Higgins believes Mr. Trump is carefully targeting exactly what would need to be hit, and hit hard….:
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