Voters head to the polls tomorrow in Louisiana, but for most, there’s not a lot to cast their votes on. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says every registered voter will have the opportunity to decide the outcome of four constitutional amendments. Ardoin says if you aren’t sure where your polling location is, or what’s on your ballot, you can visit the website geauxvote.com.
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The statewide average price of regular gas in the Bayou State is $3.16 a gallon. Down about a penny. And even though most of us tend to dislike the time change, Triple A’s Don Redman says it might have one redeeming quality, especially right now, because it’s darker on your commute home.
Redman doesn’t expect to see gas prices change drastically one way or the other as we approach winter.
The longtime Louisiana Christmas tradition of the Lighting of Bonfires is officially back on the calendar after being extinguished last year due to the pandemic. St James Parish President Pete Dufresne says the Christmas Eve pastime of lighting the way for Papa Noel has been a community event for decades…
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Four people from Larose are facing drug charges following an investigation that, among other things, led to a loaf of bread that had been hollowed out and stuffed with 50 grams of suspected methamphetamine. The Lafourche Parish sheriff says the discovery by a drug agent’s K-9 was made during a traffic stop earlier this week. Among the four arrested was suspected drug dealer, 46-year-old Reggie Estay. The three others were arrested during a search of Estay’s West 11th Street home, all of them said to be in possession of meth.