Residents in Ouachita Parish continue to clean up after Monday’s EF-2 tornado ripped through the area. Ouachita Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director Neil Brown says the biggest challenges facing residents now are debris and power…

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Brown says many residents, including himself, may not get power restored to their home until Friday.

The latest campaign finance totals in the US Senate race show Republican challenger Bill Cassidy with one million dollars more in cash on hand than Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu. Political analyst Clancy Dubos points out Landrieu raised more money than Cassidy in the third quarter…

cut 7 (09) “close that gap”

Cassidy has four-point-four million on hand, while Landrieu has three-point-four million.

Could the Ebola outbreak in West Africa have an effect on the price we pay for chocolate? Michael Nelson with Elmer Candy Corporation in Ponchatoula doesn’t thinks so. He says the concern among some market analysts is that the Ebola crisis could spread from Liberia to Ghana, where almost two-thirds of the world’s cocoa beans are sourced…

cut 10 (11) “in that region”

Nelson says you should know there is no way to contract Ebola from chocolate.

According to the latest economic projection numbers for Louisiana by Loren Scott & Jim Richardson, The Bayou State is projected to surpass 2 million overall jobs by 2015. Dr. Scott says there’s an industrial boom going on right now that is completely off the charts…

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Louisiana’s Economic Outlook projects the state to add 34,100 jobs next year.