The Louisiana Democratic Party is thrilled that Republican Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne has endorsed Democrat John Bel Edwards for Governor. Party spokesperson Beau Tidwell says this endorsement welcomes other Republicans to come forward and publicly support Edwards for governor…

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Louisiana Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere called Dardenne the ‘Nick Saban of Louisiana Politics”.

The early voting period for November 21st’s runoff election kicks off tomorrow. Polls will be open from 8:30AM to 6:00PM through November 14th. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says now that we’re in the runoff, hopefully more Louisiana voters will cast their ballot…

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Early voting locations will be closed Sunday and again Wednesday, in honor of Veterans’ Day.

The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office says a traffic stop has led to the arrest of a Bayou Vista man and a Houma woman on drug charges. Authorities say 27-year-old Brian Derouen and 28-year-old Theresa Trahan threw a gun, a bag of marijuana, and more than $7,500 worth of methamphetamine from their vehicle while trying to evade the stop. Drug paraphernalia was also found inside their vehicle. Derouen and Trahan are charged on several counts, including possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

It looks like another wet weekend for Louisiana as a slow-moving cold front is going to bring a lot of rain across the entire state over the next few days. Mike Marcotte, forecaster with The National Weather Service in Lake Charles, says we’re in one of the strongest El Nino patterns in history and that’s the main reason for the heavy rainfall we’ve seen over the past three weekends…

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Marcotte says this rain event is going to cause temperatures to drop about 10 to 15 degrees into Monday.