The US Senate race in Louisiana is the most negative campaign in the country, according to analysis done by The Wesleyan Media Project. Co-director Erica Franklin Fowler says campaigns across the country are more negative this year, but she says in Louisiana BOTH Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bill Cassidy have opted against puppies and families in their commercials…

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She says it’s not surprising that Landrieu and Cassidy are going the negative route, considering the potential national ramifications of this race.

A new survey by Cygnal shows Democratic Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo has a slight lead in the 5th District Congressional race. Mayo polled 19-percent of the vote, followed by Republican incumbent Vance McAllister with 17-percent. Pollster Brent Buchanan says, with less than a month to go, this election is still too close to call…

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Over 20-percent of voters polled said they were undecided at this time.

The State Department of Health and Hospitals says a case of rabies has been confirmed in a dog in the West Monroe area. Michelle Southern reports…

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A man charged in the 2012 death and dismemberment of Bourbon Street dancer, Jaren Lockhart, has completed his federal prison term and is awaiting extradition to Louisiana. 41-year-old Terry Speaks was released from a New York federal prison yesterday on an unrelated charge. In August, Speaks and his alleged accomplice, 30-year-old Margaret Sanchez were indicted on several charges, including second degree murder, in Lockhart’s death.