Your weather updates can be found on News 2,, and the WBRZ WX App on your Apple or Android device. The Storm Station is here for you, on every platform. Get the latest 7-day forecast and real time weather updates HERE. Humidity will go down a notch, best noted in morning lows in the upper 60s. On the other side of that front, a bit more noticeable change is expected for Sunday and Monday. This could spark a spotty, afternoon shower or thunderstorm, but outside activities are in no danger of being washed. Yet another weak front will clip the area on Saturday. Up Next: Friday will also be rather warm with lows in the upper 60s and highs in the low 90s. A stray shower is not out of the question, especially near the lakes and coast. With mostly sunny skies, high temperatures will top out in the upper 80s and low 90s. Thursday will feel a touch less humid but remain plenty warm. Light, northwest winds will guide low temperatures into the upper 60s. As this happens, showers and thunderstorms will end from northwest to southeast though some clouds may linger. Tonight & Tomorrow: A weakening cold front will continue to drop southeast through the area overnight. A second weak front will try to take a bite out of humidity over the weekend. "I've taken my loss, my pain, my anger and channeled it into trying to make a difference in the community to stop this from happening to other people," Rivas said.īoth bills are scheduled to be discussed next week in a senate committee.īehind a weak front, fewer showers and thunderstorms are expected to end the week. It's poisoning."Īt least one man, Hakeem Allen, was arrested accused of supplying the streets of Baton Rouge with the deadly fentanyl last October after Shawn Rivas' death. Three weeks later my son Shawn 120 milligrams of fentanyl poisoning. "I lost two children in July 2021, both to fentanyl," Rivas said. As Louisianans and policy makers we have to decide when enough is enough."įor citizens like Pam Rivas, the pain is unbearable. "It's killing our citizens in droves," Stefanski said. He's also the co-author on another bill that would create a more tiered approach for those caught dealing. Stefanski is the author of House Bill 90 which will increase the penalties if you are caught with a gram of fentanyl to a life sentence without parole. I think we need to be going after the fentanyl epidemic with the level of aggression that it's killing our citizens." "If you're 18 to 45 right now, you are most likely to die and that should scare everybody right now. "When you look at the impact it has on our citizens right now, it's so deadly and serious," State Representative John Stefanski said. BATON ROUGE- Two bills that aim to criminalize those dealing fentanyl are sailing through the legislature and, if passed, would create stiffer penalties for those caught selling the deadly poison.
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