BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB)- The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch Thursday for all of the Louisiana parishes in the WAFB viewing area, but it expired for some parts before noon.

Meteorologist Steve Caparotta reports the tornado watch has been canceled from Baton Rouge westward. It remains in effect until 3 p.m. for areas to the east.

Here is the list of parishes that remain within the tornado watch area:

Ascension

Assumption

Lafourche

Livingston

St. Helena

St. James

St. John the Baptist

Tangipahoa

Terrebonne

Even where the watch has been canceled, scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will continue over the next few hours.

Dennis M. Oliver, Kiwainis District Coordinator of the Eliminate Project, urged members of the Baton Rouge Early Risers Kiwanis to get involved to stop the suffering of children and help save a life.

The Eliminate Project is Kiwanis International’s global campaign to help eliminate Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) from the face of the earth.   “All it takes is a little bit of money and effort,” Oliver said.  The Kiwanis family, UNICEF, and partners have united to provide the immunization needed to protect 61 million mothers and their babies.  Kiwanis International has pledged to raise 110 million dollars by 2015.

MNT is a tragedy but it can be prevented.  According to information circulated by the organization, “Just three vaccine doses, costing roughly $1.80, can protect a woman and her future babies.  Now we need to reach them, often in places that are remote, impoverished and invisible to the world.”  It requires vaccines, syringes, safe transport and storage, education of communities, training of health workers and more. 

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB)- A group
against the creation of a breakaway school district in East Baton Rouge Parish
will meet Tuesday evening.

Members of One
Community, One School District (OCOSD) will gather at the Bluebonnet Library at
6:30 p.m.

The meeting
is open to the public.

Members
said they will be discussing their plans to fight the bills that have been
filed for the upcoming legislative session to create and fund the breakaway
school district in Southeast Baton Rouge.

State Rep.
Edward "Ted" James, D-Baton Rouge, will also discuss his proposed
legislation to allow parents to petition the state to take schools back from
the Recovery School District.

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