A new poll on the governor’s race shows that it’s more likely than not a November run-off will be needed. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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A Hackberry man is in jail after allegedly firing a shotgun at a Cameron Parish Sheriff’s deputy. 64-year-old Timothy Raffield was being pursued by the deputy last night when he crashed his vehicle. The crash was then followed by gunfire from the suspect. The deputy was not hurt and Raffield later surrendered.

A Cotton Valley woman has pleaded guilty to stealing 1.1 million dollars from a federal program dedicated to feeding poor children. US Attorney David Joseph says 59-year-old Myrna Quarles set up a program claiming to feed economically disadvantaged children during summer months when they were not at school.
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Joseph says some meals were provided during the program’s two-year run, but the reported numbers were greatly inflated.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise rallied with other three other congressmen and shooting survivors to push back against a Democratic effort in the House to pass gun control in the upcoming session. Scalise says Democrats are politicizing mass shooting tragedies and grandstanding with their recent gun control offerings and should adopt a different tactic instead.
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The rally was put on by the Tea Party Patriots.