The latest Triumph Campaigns poll on the governor’s race shows that voter preference hasn’t changed significantly. The survey shows Democrat John Bel Edwards with 31.4-percent, and Republican David Vitter with 30.6-percent — a statistical tie for the lead. Pollster Justin Brasell says the two are beginning to claim key voting blocks…:
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The two other Republicans are running a distant third and fourth with Scott Angelle polling at 14-percent and Jay Dardenne at 13-percent.

According to US News & World Report’s 2016 rankings of the nation’s top colleges, LSU was ranked NO. 129, holding steady from the previous list. Tulane was the only Louisiana university to make the top 100, coming in at No. 41. Louisiana Tech improved its ranking over last year to 199.

AT&T announces plans to provide internet access to almost 75-thousand rural Louisiana businesses and homes over the next six years. Director of External and Regulatory Affairs Rick Demint says they’ll be getting almost 28 million dollars from the federal government and AT&T will also provide financial resources…:
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He says it might be a while before everything is in place, but help from the federal government is making it possible to get done.

The State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a blaze in Calcasieu Parish which ripped through a home Tuesday afternoon and claimed the life of a Vinton woman. They say firefighters responded to the blaze then later discovered the lifeless body of 65-year-old Susan Deconge. A neighbor told investigators they saw the victim run inside the phone in an attempt to extinguish the blaze, but never came out.