A new Southern Media and Opinion Research poll shows Republican Senator David Vitter’s change in position on Common Core will benefit him. Scott Carwile reports…:
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The Baton Rouge Police Department is looking for a man they believe lured a 7-year-old girl into his car at a park then drove her to an unknown location and sexually assaulted her. The incident happened Saturday December 13th. The suspect is described as a black male about 6 feet tall with a medium to heavyset build — he’s possibly driving a gold or tan 4-door Nissan Maxima.

Before the end of the year you might want to think about your personal income tax situation. John Teriot with the Louisiana Society of CPAs says if you know you’ll have a big federal or state tax bill in the spring you can start paying it off now…:
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Theriot says now would also be a good time to let your employer know you want to up your contribution on your 401K or change your filing status on your W4.

Today is the first full day of winter and we all remember the bitter cold we experienced last year. Well State Climatologist Barry Keim says the climate prediction center’s forecast for the next three months indicates we could see a repeat..:
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He says if an El Nino forms we could see above normal rainfall and possibly frozen precipitation once again.