State Police is investigating an officer involved shooting in West Monroe. Authorities say a driver was fatally shot by a Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s deputy around 5:30 yesterday afternoon on Guyton Road. The shooting occurred during a traffic stop and no one else was injured.

Lapolitics.com Publisher Jeremy Alford says many voters do not know there is a state treasurer race coming up this month and even fewer care. Michael Farrar reports….
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The three candidates running for Public Service Commission for the district that includes Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Houma appeared at a forum yesterday. Former state representative Lenar Whitney says she’s the most conservative candidate in the race and says Louisiana needs to keep its low rates…
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The other two candidates are Interim PSC Commissioner Damon Baldone and Doctor Craig Greene.

The inaugural Flambeu Music Festival takes place at the Lamar Dixon Center in Gonzales this weekend and Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley hopes no one decides not to attend given the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas….
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The festival’s main stage performers include Sam Hunt, Hank Williams Junior, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.