Nine parishes in southeast Louisiana will have new or combined voting locations for the primary November 13th due to Ida devastation. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says for example in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes in an effort to keep voters from driving too far from their usual locations they will have tents set up outside buildings where voters usually cast their ballots.
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To check your polling location, you can use the Geaux Vote app, that G-E-A-U-X.
A man accused of going on a shooting rampage in three parishes leaving two people dead, including a state trooper, has been denied bail while he awaits prosecution. Legal analyst Franz Burghardt talks about the judge’s decision Tuesday to leave Matthew Mire locked up.
Mire is being held in Angola.
Free flu shots will be offered around the state in the coming weeks at vaccination clinics operated by the Louisiana Office of Public Health. More from Dave Brannen.
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And in Sabine Parish they’ve identified the skeletal remains of a man that was found in well 35 years ago. Lester Rome from Grande Isle, then 58, went missing in 1984. Two years later remains were found in a well. Police reopened the case and collected more remains and were able to identify him. The case remains under investigation and an arrest is expected.