We’re now 4 weeks away from the November elections and voters should expect to see and hear a lot more from the candidates. LSU political research director Michael Henderson says the negative campaigning is going to ramp up over the next few weeks as will the knocking on doors. He says one of the biggest issues for some of the candidates is getting their name out there…

cut 12 (10) “that other spot”

Henderson says candidates will be putting a lot more resources toward the “ground game” over the next couple of weeks.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says a woman is under arrest on animal cruelty charges for allegedly trying to throw puppies away. Lt. Tommy Carnline says deputies responded and made contact with 31-year-old Christie Lasyone of Ball and discovered she had an outstanding contempt of court warrant on her…

cut 14 (08) “into this dumpster”

Lasyone is charged with three counts of cruelty to animals. The puppies were returned to their owner.

The Louisiana Democratic party is bashing Governor Bobby Jindal over his speech yesterday at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C. calling for a strengthening of the US military. Jindal is in South Carolina today to give a similar speech and Chairwoman Senator Karen Carter Peterson says these travel habits are extremely disappointing…

cut 9 (10) “national promotion”

She says even though his own constituents think he shouldn’t run for president, Jindal keeps courting D.C. insiders.

The US Department of Agriculture announces a Colorado based biofuels company, Cool Planet, receives a $91 million loan guarantee to build a processing plant in Alexandria. CEO Howard Janzen is thankful for the welcome his company has received from the state…

Cut 6 (08) “like ours”

This facility will not only create construction jobs for central Louisiana, but also jobs in the processing of Cool Planet’s products.