The candidates running for governor must report by Wednesday how much they raised during 2014. It’s expected Senator David Vitter will report the most at around four-million dollars. Lt Governor Jay Dardenne says he’s raised about half that and knows Vitter will have the most money available, but that shouldn’t decide the election…:
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The comments were made on the Jim Engster show where Dardenne also said that his run for governor will be the last office he runs for.

The Louisiana Lottery says more than 100,000 players in the state will cash in on prizes won in the $564.1 million dollar Powerball drawing from last night — the third largest in the game’s history. There was a match-5 winner on a ticket sold at the Now Save #7 on Forsythe Avenue in Monroe for $1 million dollars. Lottery officials remind winners that you have 180 days to claim your prize.

Law enforcement have arrested a 15-year-old who threatened to use a gun on the principal at Port Barre High School. Port Barre Police Chief Deon Boudreaux says the student brought a bullet with him to school and he was showing it off to fellow classmates…:
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Boudreaux says the troubled teenager also had a fake gun on his possession but believe he thought it was real and intended to use it. He was booked as a juvenile on charges of Terrorizing and Carrying a Dangerous Weapon on School property by a Student.

The Voice of the Tigers, Jim Hawthorne, has announced that he will retire following the 2015-16 basketball season. Hawthorne first joined LSU as the play-by-play commentator for the men’s basketball team in 1979-80 and will call his final season of LSU baseball, football and basketball before retiring one year from now.