The National Hurricane Center gives an area of low pressure in the Bay of Campeche a medium chance of developing into at least a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico this week. Matt Doyle has more.
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Authorities say they now know what motivated an Alabama student to phone in a threat to Tiger Stadium. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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An area of low pressure just off the southern Mexican coast has a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression and possibly a storm according to the National Hurricane Center. National Weather Service Slidell Meteorologist Michael Hill says forecasts show the system moving away from Mexico, and heading towards the central Gulf coast this weekend.
And Hill says depending on which way the storm tilts over the next two days, we could be looking at a very wet weekend…
There is some good news though, Hill says even if we do get bulls-eyed by the system, it’s unlikely to do anything other than dump some rain on the region.
Hill says the rainy weather will combine with an incoming cold front that is set to send temperatures into the 50s tomorrow morning.
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A woman is arrested in Breaux Bridge for impersonating a police officer. 48-year-old Christina Macdonald is accused of initiating a traffic stop. Assistant Police Chief Terry Latiolais says the suspect flashed a badge to encourage another driver to pull over.
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Latiolais says after the stop, the victim came to the police station to explain what had happened.
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The investigation is ongoing as to how the suspect obtained the badge or if it was an official badge, but have confirmed it was not a Breaux Bridge Police Department badge. Latiolais says impersonating an officer hurts the relationship between law enforcement and citizens.
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At the Hard Rock Hotel collapse site, today is day five and likely the last day of rescue mode operations. New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell says they have not had a detection of life since Sunday morning from any of the dogs searching the rubble.
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DNA was recently found at the scene but was matched with another body recovered on Saturday. McConnell says the transition to recovery mode means reducing the risk to responders take at the site as a further collapse is likely.
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McConnell says the chance of survival of the remaining missing construction worker drops significantly if there is no indication of a live person by tonight. McConnell believes they have a good idea of where bodies can be found.
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Two people are confirmed dead as a result of Saturday morning’s collapse.
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The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office has charged a 71-year-old Alexandria man with two counts of first-degree murder for the 1989 deaths of his wife and her friend. Lt Stephen Phillips says Robert Blair was responsible for the disappearances of 34-year-old Isabelle Blair and 31-year-old Marian Coutee after finding a vehicle in a pond on a piece of property that once belonged to Robert Blair…
Phillips says a detective assigned to the case 30 years ago received some new information about two months ago, which led to a search of the pond that turned up the vehicle. He says this is why cold cases are never really closed…
On Tuesday, Robert Blair was taken into custody without incident. His bond has been set at two-million dollars. Phillips says they are glad to finally get justice in this case…