There are an unusual high number of mosquitoes buzzing around for this time of year. Colby Colona, President of the Louisiana Mosquito Control Association, says warm temperatures and heavy rain events can trigger dormant mosquito eggs to hatch and that’s what’s been happening. Colona hopes temperatures will become more fall or winter like sooner than later:
CUT 4 (05) “issue anymore”
A cold front is moving over Louisiana according to the National Weather Service, bringing in the chance for severe weather in North Louisiana but dramatically different change in temperature over the next several days.

State Police say an “on duty” Shreveport Firefighter has been placed under arrest and charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile, computer aided solicitation of a minor and prostitution. They say 35-year-old Brian Garza believed he had set up a sex encounter with a 13-year-old and her mother together, but when he left the fire station to meet up, he was met by troopers and arrested.

The father of one of the Marksville officers accused of second degree murder in the death of a 6-year-old boy is reportedly arranging to post the $1 million dollar bond for his son. The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office says Norris Greenhouse Sr. was securing a property bond for the accused, 23-year-old Norris Greenhouse Jr. There is no word if Derrick Stafford, the other officer arrested after the shooting, is planning to post his bond.

Louisiana voters got their first televised gubernatorial debate last night between Republican David Vitter and Democrat John Bel Edwards. Edwards and Vitter went head-to-head on issues like Medicaid expansion, workforce development, and education. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says each candidate held their own…:
cut 13 (09) “state’s voters”
The debate got heated and personal toward the end.