The State Fire Marshal’s Office says due to the large amount of rain that hit Louisiana over the last several days, the statewide burn ban officially lifts at 6pm. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there are still some areas in north Louisiana that are slightly in drought, but with more wet weather on the horizon, that could possibly knock out Louisiana’s drought…:
CUT 8 (10) “across the state”
Keim says the vast majority of Louisiana received 5 inches of rain or more and the wettest spot was recorded at LSU in Baton Rouge which got 10.5 inches of rain.

Deputies with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office this morning had to rescue 20 children from a school bus that stalled in a floodd roadway according to the department’s Facebook page. The bus got stuck on a flooded bridge in the northern part of the parish. LDWF said they had to rescue 23 people and a dog today from a flooded trailer park in Tangipahoa Parish.

The Governor’s race is not the only statewide race heading to a runoff next month. The state’s next Lt. Governor and Attorney General will also be decided November 21st. For AG, incumbent Buddy Caldwell is in a tight race with fellow Republican Jeff Landry. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Landry has his work cut out for him to unseat the incumbent…:
CUT 5 (08) “a Republican”
He expects Landry to identify Caldwell as the “Democrat” in this race in order to secure a majority of the Republican vote. In the Lt. Governor’s Race, Democrat Kip Holden is taking on Republican Billy Nungesser.

In the latest A-P Top 25 poll, LSU is ranked fourth and they received five first place votes. Ohio State is number one, Baylor is second and Clemson is ranked third. The Tigers next opponent, Alabama, is ranked seventh and they received one first place vote. The SEC announced today that the LSU-Alabama game will kickoff at 7 PM on November 7th. It will be televised by CBS.