We’re starting to hear more from the US Senate candidates as election day nears. Republican Congressman John Fleming launched a seven figure statewide TV ad, and Congressman Charles Boustany ads have been running. Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics.com says you can expect a big battle in the coming weeks…:
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The election is November 8.

There may not be many FEMA mobile homes set up in Louisiana. Jeff Palermo explains why…:
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Customers could pay more for Louisiana strawberries in the coming months after fields were hammered by two historic floods this year. Heather Robertson and her husband own Johndales Farm in Ponchatoula. Robertson says because strawberries are a specialty crop, there’s not much financial assistance, and a lot of producers will not grow strawberries again…:
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Robertson says they’re trying to get their fields ready to plant by late September or early October, but there’s a lot that has to be done.

State Police say a teenager was killed and a 12-year-old seriously injured as they were on the tailgate of a vehicle involved in a two vehicle Assumption Parish crash. They say 38 Frannie Landry was taking out the trash in her vehicle on the road near her driveway and the two girls were riding on the tailgate to help out. An approaching vehicle could not avoid a collision and the two girls were ejected from the tailgate. The 15-year-old died and the 12-year-old is in serious condition at a hospital.