There are already people waiting for President-elect Donald Trump today who is slated to appear in a few hours at the Baton Rouge airport to rally for US Senate candidate John Kennedy. The state treasurer, who has been leading in the polls, hopes Mr. Trump’s visit will encourage people to cast a ballot tomorrow…:
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Kennedy’s opponent, Democrat Foster Campbell, says the President-elect’s rally in Louisiana is proof that this is a tight race.

Highs may not get out of the 40s for most of the state today. Tim Humphrey with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles says we’re also in store for more chilly temperatures tomorrow…:
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He says look for a warm up Sunday into early next week.

Governor John Bel Edwards discussed his priorities for 2017 during a speech at the Council for a Better Louisiana annual conference. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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There were tense moments Thursday in the murder trial of tow truck driver Cardell Hayes who is accused of killing popular former football Saints player Will Smith. Kevin O’Neal was Hayes’ passenger the night the April crash and shooting of Smith took place. When asked about Smith’s widow having to celebrate her son’s birthday without her husband, O’Neal said her husband brought on his own demise.