Early voting for the November 21st runoff election begins statewide Saturday. Eric Gill reports…:
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The March of Dimes finds Louisiana receives an F on the latest report card in the number of premature births. The numbers say the state’s pre-term birth rate was 12.3 percent in in 2014 — much higher than the March of Dimes 2020 goal of 8.1 percent. The premature births were worse in Baton Rouge at 13 percent and Shreveport at 18.8 percent.

This weekend the Vermilion Parish town of Abbeville will hold its annual Giant Omelette Celebration. One of the organizers, Liz Broussard, says the event began 31 years ago after a group from Abbeville attended an omelet celebration in France and decided to do their own. She says the celebration started out as a small affair…
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The festival kicks off Saturday and includes arts and crafts, live music, an antique car show.

The LSU football team is off for Alabama today where they’ll take on the Crimson Tide tomorrow in a Saturday night showdown in Tuscaloosa. The NO. 2 Tigers are looking to keep its perfect season. LSU has lost four straight to Alabama. Senior safety Jalen Mills says it would mean a lot to the seniors if they can get a win in Tuscaloosa…:
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Kickoff is at 7pm on CBS.