Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand releases new information regarding the spying scandal involving a person hired by the David Vitter Campaign. Normand says he’s been able to recover deleted recordings from the device of PI Robert Frenzel. He says one of the videos shows the owner of the PI firm trying to coerce someone into saying a blog written by Jason Berry on Vitter’s previous relationship with a prostitute, was false.

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Vitter has called the entire Metairie coffee shop “spy-gate” incident, silly. The senator says he did have a person there to investigate an illegal scheme involving his opponent…

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Normand says they will be meeting with the FBI on Thursday to discuss the findings.

Louisiana National Guard Col. Pete Schneider says Veterans Day is not only a day to thank those who serve, but their families for the sacrifices they make, too. Schneider says there are about 10,000 members of the Louisiana National Guard and many have been deployed overseas…

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Schneider says Veterans Day is a day of reflection and thanks, but it’s also a day to celebrate those who served and kept us free. If you happen to see a veteran today, Schneider encourages you to thank them for their service.

Secretary of State Tom Schedler says it appears more voters are participating during early voting in this election than for the primary. He thinks voters are much more engaged with the runoff election, possibly because the ballot is smaller and the candidates are more recognizable….

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Voter turnout for the primary was 39-percent. A reminder to voters, early voting locations will be closed statewide today in honor of Veterans Day.