In Shreveport, a manhunt is underway for a man who is believed to have fatally shot a Shreveport Police Officer last night. A police department spokesperson says the officer was responding to a call about a suspicious person threatening people inside a home when the suspect opened fire, hitting one officer multiple times. The officer was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities believe they know the identity of the shooter.

Even though Governor Bobby Jindal didn’t make it to tonight’s prime time debate, his face will still be seen on Iowa television during the telecast. Jeff Palermo has more….

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At today’s Louisiana AARP governor’s forum in Baton Rouge US Senator David Vitter is the one major gubernatorial candidate that will not attend. Political Analyst Clancy Dubos says he won’t be surprised if Scott Angelle, Jay Dardenne and John Bel Edwards use Vitter’s absence to their advantage…

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Saturday the State Troopers Association is hosting a forum and all four candidates are expected to attend.

The Louisiana Department of Education announces that high school students in the state earned more than 13-hundred more qualifying scores on Advanced Placement exams in 2015 than 2014. Superintendent John White says this is an 89 percent increase in scores from 2012.

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A-P exam scores are transferable to most colleges in the country.