Baton Rouge State Senator Larry Selders passed away at the age of 44 from a suspected heart attack.

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Authorities have made an arrest in connection with an officer-involved shooting that happened yesterday morning DeSoto Parish. Twenty-year-old Jay Xaiver Wilson has been charged with being an in-state fugitive and resisting an officer. Very few details have been released about the shooting other than it happened on U-S Highway 171 near U-S Highway 84 in Mansfield.

Colorado State University is once again lowering its hurricane forecast for 2026. Senior Research Scientist Phil Klotzbach says the forecast now calls for nine named storms, including Arthur, four hurricanes, with one of them being a major hurricane.

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Klotzbach say an El Nino will decrease storm activity.

Residents in Avoyelles, St. Landry, St. Tammany and Terrebonne Parishes are eligible for federal assistance if their homes were damaged as a result of Tropical Storm Arthur. Flooding is the main culprit for the damage. FEMA spokesperson Nate Custer says you may be eligible for federal assistance if either your flood insurance policy does not cover all of your damage or you don’t have a flood policy at all.

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To apply, either download the FEMA app, go to disaster assistance-dot-gov, or call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-FEMA.

Elected officials and the city of Baton Rouge is mourning the death of state senator Larry Selders, who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 44 years-old. The Baton Rouge Democrat has served in the state legislature since 2020, starting in the House in 2020 and then moving over to the state senate in 2025 to replace Cleo Fields, who was elected to Congress. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says Selders’ professional job was as a social worker…

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The Colorado State hurricane forecast team has lowered its forecast again, now calling for a nine named storms, four hurricanes and one major hurricane. C-S-U researcher Phil Klotzbach says the main driver for the well-below normal hurricane forecast is a strong El Nino that’s expected during the peak of the hurricane season…

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Federal assistance is now available to homeowners and renters in four parishes who suffered damage from Tropical Storm Arthur. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Governor Jeff Landry has posted on social media the recommendations he’s made to President Trump regarding the United States’ future relationship with Greenland. Landry is the president’s special envoy to Greenland and visited the Arctic Island earlier this year. Landry says there needs to be direct shipping routes between the U-S and Greenland. Also, the U-S should expand its diplomatic presence in Greenland.

Very sad news out of the state legislature as Baton Rouge State Senator Larry Selders passed away unexpectedly of a suspected heart attack at an event last night. The Baton Rouge Democrat was 44 years old. Fellow Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says Selders served in the heart of Baton Rouge and always cared about doing what was best for the people he served. Selders is survived by his wife and two sons. Barrow says he was a family man.

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We’re getting reaction to the death of Senator Selders’ from those on the other side of the political aisle. Governor Landry said he’s deeply saddened by Selders’ death and that he was respected by all. Senate President Cameron Henry said Selders’ light and his heart will be missed in the Senate. 

Federal assistance is now available to homeowners and renters in four parishes who suffered damage from Tropical Storm Arthur. Those four parishes are Avoyelles, St. Landry, St. Tammany and Terrebonne. Nate Custer with FEMA says people in those parishes will be considered on a case-by-case basis based on an inspection of the damage to their homes.

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When it comes to the burden of car ownership, nowhere do drivers have it worse than here in Louisiana. Rob Bhatt (“bot”), an insurance analyst with LendingTree, says Louisiana drivers spend on average 6.1-percent of their gross income on auto insurance – the highest rate in the nation.

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Nationally, drivers spend less than three-percent of their gross income on auto insurance.

State Senator Larry Helder passed away unexpectedly of a suspected heart attack suffered at an event last night. The Baton Rouge Democrat was 44 years old. Fellow Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says she is still in disbelief.

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Helder was hospitalized with a heart aneurysm in May.

Federal assistance is now available to homeowners and renters in four parishes who suffered damage from Tropical Storm Arthur. Nate Custer with FEMA says those parishes are Avoyelles, St. Landry, St. Tammany and Terrebonne.

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To apply, either download the FEMA app, go to disaster assistance-dot-gov, or call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-FEMA.

Louisianians spend a larger portion of their gross income on auto insurance than any other state in the nation, 6.1 percent. Lending Tree insurance analyst Rob Bhatt says there are things you can do to make car insurance more affordable.

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LSU received its 16th football recruiting commitment for 2027 in Ruston four-star safety Jayden Anding. Anding announced his decision between LSU and Ole Miss yesterday after postponing his pledge date last week. Matt Belinson with the Ruston Daily Leader says he was always going to be a Tiger.

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Jayden’s brother, Aiden Anding, is a sophomore cornerback at LSU.

Last week, we heard from the Republican nominee in the U-S Senate race, Julia Letlow. Letlow is the prohibitive favorite in the election that will take place November third. But her Democratic opponent, Jamie Davis, rejects the notion the race has been decided…

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The Trump Administration has worked out a deal with England Airpark in Alexanderia to transform an unused military barrack into a 528-bed holding facility for migrants and unaccompanied children who are self-deporting.  Executive director of the England Airpark Authority, Ralph Hennessy, says the people will only be there a few days before a chartered flight takes them back home and in return the airpark receives money to operate…

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New data shows Louisiana leads the nation in workforce participation growth. Kace Kieschnick has more.

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Governor Jeff Landry has posted on social media the recommendations he’s made to President Trump regarding the United States’ future relationship with Greenland. Landry is the president’s special envoy to Greenland and visited the Arctic Island earlier this year. Landry says there needs to be direct shipping routes between the U-S and Greenland. Also, the U-S should expand its diplomatic presence in Greenland.

Last week, we heard from Julia Letlow after she clinched the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. Now, we’re hearing from her Democratic opponent. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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State Senator Larry Selder passed away at the age of 44 after suffering a suspected heart attack while at an event last night. The Baton Rouge Democrat was hospitalized in May because of a heart condition and was elected to the state senate last year after serving as a representative.

A 528-bed holding facility for migrant families and unaccompanied children is under construction at England Airpark, a former military base in Alexandria. Ralph Hennessy, the executive director of the England Airpark Authority, says the people that will stay at this ICE facility are individuals volunteering to go back home and those who are going back as a family unit.

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ICE is calling the Alexandria facility a staging area, not a detention center.

58.8-percent of working-age Louisianians are employed or actively seeking work, a nearly one percent increase from last year. That jump accounts for 33,000 workers and is the best growth rate in the nation. Louisiana Works Secretary Susie Schowen says she suspects many of the new workers are people who weren’t looking for jobs before and grads staying in-state.

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According to the latest labor market report, Louisiana tied for the nation’s largest increase in labor force participation. Louisiana Works Secretary Susie Schowen says nearly 33-thousand additional Louisianans entered the labor force, meaning they are either employed or actively seeking work…

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Schowen believes the state is doing a better job connecting people with education, training and employment opportunities.

We are little less than four months away from election day. Tensas Parish farmer and Democrat Jamie Davis is a big underdog to Republican Congresswoman Julia Letlow in the US Senate race. Davis says he wants his campaign to resonate with all Louisianans…

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A 528-bed holding facility for migrant families and unaccompanied children is going up at England Airpark in Alexandria. Jeff Palermo has the details.

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The rapper known as Mysitkal is now serving his 20-year prison sentence at Angola. He pleaded guilty in March to raping a woman at his Prairieville home in 2022 and was sentenced last month. His given name is Michael Lawrence Tyler and TMZ reports Tyler has a cell to himself because of his celebrity status.

Sad news to report this morning as state senator Larry Selders has passed away at the age of 44. The Advocate reports the Democrat from Baton Rouge died suddenly last night at his son’s football practice. Selders spent time in the hospital last May because of heart troubles. Governor Jeff Landry called Selders a gentle giant who was respected by everyone.

New data shows Louisiana leads the nation in workforce participation growth. Kace Kieschnick has more.

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When it comes to the burden of car ownership, nowhere do drivers have it worse than here in Louisiana. Rob Bhatt (“bot”), an insurance analyst with LendingTree, says Louisiana drivers spend on average 6.1-percent of their gross income on auto insurance – the highest rate in the nation.

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The LendingTree study found that the average Louisiana driver spends 327 dollars a month on auto insurance,

Last week, we heard from the Republican nominee in the U-S Senate race, Julia Letlow. Letlow is the prohibitive favorite in the election that will take place November third. But her Democratic opponent, Jamie Davis, rejects the notion the race has been decided…

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