Federal fundraising reports show that Governor Bobby Jindal’s presidential campaign raised less than $600,000 during the third fundraising quarter. Emelie Gunn has more…

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Early voting for the October 24th primary election ends today. The Secretary of State’s Office says, thus far, turnout looks to be about average. This is a big election statewide with nearly 1,070 offices up for grabs, over 2,000 candidates running, and 4 constitutional amendments on the ballot. Early voting polls will close at 6PM.

The state fire marshal’s office and Department of Agriculture and Forestry has issued a statewide burn ban due to extremely dry conditions across the state. The US Drought Monitor reports that 86-percent Louisiana is currently in drought. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the burn ban was issued because of dry conditions, abnormal emergency responses, and adverse future weather forecasts…

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The burn ban is in effect until further notice.

Louisiana is in for another beautiful weekend and with cooler temperatures across the state. State Climatologist Barry Keim says if you’re going to some nighttime football games, it might be a good idea to bundle up…

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Keim says daytime highs won’t get out of the 70s in most areas of the state.