Tropical Storm Gordon looks more like a problem for Mississippi and Alabama than Louisiana as the storm is expected to make landfall late tonight on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane. Danielle Manning, with the National Weather Service in Slidell, says Gordon’s impact to Louisiana might be minimal…
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St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister has been in contact with weather officials and what the storm’s impact may have on them….
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The state has activated 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen in case the storm produces flooding in the Bayou State.

Gordon expects to keep moving northwest once it makes landfall and it will be a tropical depression in northeast Louisiana tomorrow afternoon. A flash flood watch is in effect tomorrow for that part of the state.

STDs are on the rise in a big way across the country. Matt Doyle has the story.
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A contractor indicted on 51 criminal counts in Livingston Parish for defrauding his customers following the 2016 flood has plead guilty and will serve four years in prison, with credit for time served. District Attorney Scott Perrilloux also says 41-year-old Matthew Morris will pay some amount of restitution to the 11 victims in Livingston Parish.

Tropical Storm Gordon is expected to make landfall tonight, most likely along the Mississippi Gulf coast. State Climatologist Barry Keim….
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St. Tammany, Washington and Tangipahoa are among the parishes in the cone of uncertainty as Gordon moves closer to the northern Gulf Coast. St. Tammany President Pat Brister says 40-thousand sandbags were distributed yesterday as there’s the potential they could see three to five inches of rain…
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About 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen have been activated in the case flooding becomes a problem.

Once the storm makes landfall, it’s expected to stay on a northwest track and the center of the storm will be in northeast Louisiana tomorrow afternoon, possibly as a tropical storm.

Pineville Police Chief Don Weatherford says an internal investigation is underway into the arrest of Sergeant Edric Smith, who allegedly punched an umpire at a softball game on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus. Smith’s daughter was playing in the game and Smith alleges the ump threatened his daughter, so he grabbed the official and punched him in the face repeatedly. Smith has been charged with battery of a recreation athletic official.

The CDC says there were nearly 2.3 million cases of STDs in America last year, an all-time record for the nation. And it’s not just STD rates that are raising eyebrows. New, antibiotic resistant STDs are becoming more prevalent, leaving doctors with few options for addressing what were once easily treatable diseases. Kanter says the public needs to rethink how it approaches antibiotic use.
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Tropical Storm Gordon is on it’s way to a projected landfall late tonight along the Mississippi Coast. Matt Doyle has more.
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Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Gordon. Edwards says 200 National Guard troops have been activated….
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Gordon currently has maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour, about 190 miles east-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It’s moving west-northwest at 15 miles per hour.

Louisiana reaches an agreement with the federal government on a financing plan in which the state will receive 650-million dollars in bonds to fund the widening of Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge, a new interchange on I-10 in Kenner at Loyola Drive and a new road from I-20 directly into Barksdale Air Force Base. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says the state bond commission will have to pick an underwriter at its next meeting…
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The state will have to pay back the loan over the next 12 years.

In his first start as LSU’s quarterback, Joe Burrow did not turn the ball over and managed the offense well in the Tigers 33-17 win over Miami. The Ohio State transfer spoke with the media for the first time since arriving on the LSU campus….
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LSU entered Sunday’s game ranked 25th and should be ranked higher when the new polls are released today.

Tropical Storm Gordon continues to move towards the Northern Gulf Coast eyeing a landfall along the Mississippi Gulf Coast tonight, possibly as a hurricane. St. Tammany, Washington and Tangipahoa parishes are in the cone of uncertainty and State Climatologist Barry Keim says heavy rainfall is a threat…
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Governor John Bel Edwards says the forecast track of Gordon can easily shift west…
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Edwards has declared a state of emergency and 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen have been activated, if flooding becomes a problem. Gordon could also be still a tropical storm once it reaches northeast Louisiana tomorrow.

An agreement between the state and the federal government has been reached on a plan to borrow 650-million dollars for major roadway projects. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says this particular agreement with the Federal Highway Administration is the first of its kind in Louisiana….
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The funding will go towards widening Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge, a new interchange on I-10 in Kenner at Loyola Drive and a new road from I-20 directly into Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City.

According to the C-D-C, S-T-D rates in the US have hit a record high for a fourth straight year. Louisiana Department of Health regional medical director, Doctor Joseph Kanter, says we need to change the way we talk about S-T-Ds…
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Tropical Storm Gordon is moving quickly across the eastern Gulf of Mexico eyeing a landfall, possibly as a hurricane, along the Mississippi coast around midnight tonight. Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency in advance of the storm as flooding is a major concern…
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Edwards says 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen will be positioned in southeast Louisiana today.

Louisiana has an agreement with the federal government on a plan to borrow 650-million dollars to pay for major highway projects, like the widening of I-10 in Baton Rouge and a new road from I-20 directly into Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson….
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STDs are on the rise in a big way across the country….
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Pineville Police Chief Don Weatherford says an internal investigation is underway into the arrest of Sergeant Edric Smith, who allegedly punched an umpire at a softball game on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus. Smith’s daughter was playing in the game and Smith alleges the ump threatened his daughter, so he grabbed the official and punched him in the face repeatedly. Smith has been charged with battery of a recreation athletic official.

Projections for Tropical Storm Gordon have the storm tracking on a more easterly path than previously thought, likely resulting in a land fall Tuesday night that is currently projected to be along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This is putting the North Shore of Lake Ponchartrain in the cone of uncertainty. Forecasters are also giving the system a stronger chance to develop into a Category One hurricane before landfall. Gordon is expected to track across North Louisiana as a tropical low by Wednesday.

On this Labor Day, the percentage of unemployed workers is less than last year, and now Employers and job seekers can go to La-Works-dot-net and click on the Hire tab, which is a website tool that connects businesses with those looking for a job. Chief Economist for the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Dr. Ali Bustamante ays for those that are working and looking to climb the income ladder, the state has just the resource for you with its incumbent worker training program.

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The LA Wallet App has a few new tricks up it’s sleeve. Now Louisiana residents who’ve purchased the app that features a digital copy of your driver’s license will be able to verify the suspension status, whether or not someone is of the legal age from across the room, if they agree to it. Envoc President Calvin Fabre says it’s useful for everyone from rideshare customers to real estate agents, but first…

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The Louisiana Department of Education has a new grading system to check year to year academic growth progress of students and it’s already beginning to show interesting results. Assistant Superintendent Jessica Baghian (Bahg-e-ON) says they noticed a gap between growth in English scores and Math scores.

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Projections for Tropical Storm Gordon have the storm tracking on a more easterly path than previously thought, likely resulting in a land fall Tuesday night that is currently projected to be along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This is putting the North Shore of Lake Ponchartrain in the cone of uncertainty. Forecasters are also giving the system a stronger chance to develop into a Category One hurricane before landfall. Gordon is expected to track across North Louisiana as a tropical low by Wednesday.

On this Labor Day, the percentage of unemployed workers is less than last year.  Chief Economist for the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Dr. Ali Bustamante, says for those looking for work, the health care industry continues to look for qualified workers…

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The LA Wallet App has a few new tricks up it’s sleeve. Now Louisiana residents who’ve purchased the app that features a digital copy of your driver’s license will be able to verify the suspension status, whether or not someone is of the legal age from across the room, if they agree to it. And in other LA Wallet news, Envoc President Calvin Fabre says says they’re almost finished getting official  permission for bars to take nothing but your wallet app

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Louisiana recently announced an additional 80-million in federal transportation dollars, but Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson says the days of the state getting extra money from the feds for road improvements might stop. Wilson says state resources have become so tight, it will be difficult for Louisiana to put up the matching dollars

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Projections for Tropical Storm Gordon have the storm tracking on a more easterly path than previously thought, likely resulting in a land fall Tuesday night that is currently projected to be along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This is putting the North Shore of Lake Ponchartrain in the cone of uncertainty. Forecasters are also giving the system a stronger chance to develop into a Category One hurricane before landfall. Gordon is expected to track across North Louisiana as a tropical low by Wednesday.

The LA Wallet App has a few new tricks up it’s sleeve. Now Louisiana residents who’ve purchased the app that features a digital copy of your driver’s license will be able to verify the suspension status, whether or not someone is of the legal age from across the room, if they agree to it. Envoc President Calvin Fabre says they put layers of security on the service, and consulted privacy advocates like…

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Louisiana is receiving an additional 80-million dollars federal transportation money, but Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson is concerned bonus highway dollars from the feds may soon stop.

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The Louisiana Department of Education has a new grading system to check year to year academic growth progress of students and it’s already beginning to show some concerning results. Assistant Superintendent Jessica Baghian (Bahg-e-ON).

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