The four announced candidates for governor meet today to discuss how to solve the state’s transportation issues. Scott Carwile has a preview…

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Lafayette Police say a shooting has left one man hospitalized after he allegedly tried to burglarize a home. The home owner told authorities he fired several shots after some men broke into his home Thursday afternoon. Police found one man, who was shot in the back, at a local hospital. Authorities are also questioning two other men about the burglary. The investigation is ongoing.

The chair of the state House Appropriations committee, Jim Fannin, says he does not support the proposed 30-percent pay increase for State Troopers. Fannin says the request from Col. Mike Edmonson is just a very small piece of a much larger fiscal issue legislators are facing. He also says a 30% increase is unreasonable…

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Fannin says lawmakers have bigger fish to fry right now than pay raises.

Warmer temperatures and sunshine are expected this weekend across the Bayou State. Gary Chatelain, with the National Weather Service in Shreveport, says we normally see high temperatures near 60 at this time of the year, so after a week with highs in the 40s, we are due for some warmer weather…

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He says we’re going to see a January thaw over the next several days.