Today marks the final day to register in person to vote in the November eighth election. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says the deadline officially hits at 4:30 pm…:
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If you miss today’s deadline, you can still register to vote for the November 8th election online, at geaux-vote-dot-com by October 18th.

As the race for Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District heats up, former Louisiana Congressmen Charles Boustany and Chris John, along with former Senator John Breaux have endorsed Republican Holden Hoggatt against incumbent Clay Higgins. Breaux says southwest Louisiana needs someone who will work across party lines and he believes Hoggatt is the best candidate…:
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Higgins was first elected to the district in 2016 and is in his third term.

The Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved Louisiana Citizens request for a 63-percent rate increase on its residential property insurance policies. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriffs Office says several people have been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a 16 year old at a birthday party in Hammond over the weekend. Deputies say more than 20 shots were fired in the incident and a total of 7 arrests have been made. An 18 year old and three other teenagers are accused of second degree murder.

The deadline to register for elections hits today at 4:30 and we are just now two weeks away from early voting. Whitney Thomas has more…

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Holden Hoggatt who’s running against incumbent congressman Clay Higgins picks up the endorsements of three former southwest Louisiana congressional leaders. Brooke Thorington has more.

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The Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved Louisiana Citizens request for a 63-percent rate increase on its residential property insurance policies. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Today marks the final day to register in person to vote in the November eighth election. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says the deadline officially hits at 4:30 pm…

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Ardoin says if you miss today’s deadline, you can still register to vote for the November 8th election online, at geaux-vote-dot-com by October 18th. 

Residents will be able to use their audit code from their driver’s licenses to register online. After the system verifies the resident’s identity they become registered to vote.

Ardoin says as we near closer to voting residents should still examine their registration.

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Over 3 million people are registered to vote, but  Ardion says he’s still going to advocate the importance of voting.

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Early voting for November eighth begins October 25th and runs to November 1st.

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As the race for Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District heats up, former Louisiana Congressmen Charles Boustany and Chris John, along with former Senator John Breaux have endorsed Republican Holden Hoggatt against incumbent Clay Higgins. Breaux says southwest Louisiana needs someone who will work across party lines and put the district first and he believes Hoggatt is the best candidate.

Cut 7 (08) “…the district.”

Breaux says when you serve in Congress you are obligated to serve your constituents and that means those from all party affiliations, all races, and economic backgrounds. Breaux believes Hoggatt will fight for what the district needs as a whole.

Cut 8 (11)  “…or what have you.”

And while Hoggatt gained the endorsements of three power players in southwest Louisiana, Higgins has the endorsement of fellow Louisiana Congressman and Republican Whip Steve Scalise, along with House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. And while Breaux didn’t criticize Higgins’ term in DC directly…

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Higgins was first elected to the district in 2016 and is his third term. This is Hoggatt’s first run for political office. The election is four weeks from today.

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The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has awarded contracts to Dynamic Group and Lemoine Disaster Recovery to plug orphaned oil wells in north Louisiana. D-N-R spokesperson Patrick Courreges says they are  using a 25-million dollar federal grant to pay for this much needed work…

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Courreges says the state currently plus 120 to 200 wells per year, they hope to double that number with these federal dollars, but they are still in discussions with these two companies to see if that can be done…

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Louisiana’s well count is around 45-hundred sites, accelerated by downturns in the prices of oil and gas. Courreges says it’s difficult work…

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The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office says Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins took 23 trips totaling over $35 thousand dollars from 2019 to 2021, but  $3 thousand dollars of that violated the City of Shreveport travel card policies and procedures.

Roger Harris, Assistant Legislative Auditor for Investigations says City policy requires Perkins to submit travel expenses within 30 days.
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Perkins made credit card payments without showing proof that everything was processed correctly. Harris says Shreveport has strict policies elected officials must abide by.

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Perkins made credit card payments without showing proof that everything was processed correctly. Harris says Shreveport has strict policies elected officials must abide by.

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The Saints are off today and we’ll find out tomorrow if Jameis Winston can return to practice after missing the last two games with back and ankle injuries. Coach Dennis Allen likes the production he’s getting from Andy Dalton…

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Sunday’s win over Seattle was the best game the offense has put together. But Allen was not happy with the two turnovers…

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It was a tough day for the offense, defense and special teams in LSU’s 40-13 loss to Tennessee on Saturday. Two bad plays by the special teams units led to a quick 10-nothing Volunteer lead. LSU’s offense couldn’t keep pace. Coach Brian Kelly says they moved the ball well until they got in the red zone and there were also three failed fourth down tries. Kelly is looking at how they can be more successful on situational downs…

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True freshman linebacker Harold Perkins didn’t see the field much as LSU’s defense struggled to slow down Tennessee’s up-tempo offense. Kelly says they recently moved Perkins to strongside linebacker and that particular position didn’t fit well against the Volunteers spread offense attack…

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LSU visits Florida this Saturday.  The Tigers gave up 263 rushing yards against Tennessee and the Gators are another team that can run the football well. Kelly expects better results in Gainesville…

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The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office has made a positive identification on a decomposing, dismembered body found in July of 2016. Lt. Adam Rudolph says Kleanthis Konstantinidis (Kle-anthis Kon-stan-ti-ni-dis) is the victim, and the prime suspect Phillip Pointer is also deceased. But where the murder took place and a motive Rudolph says remains a mystery.

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Since 2006 rural areas in Louisiana continue to lose nonfarm jobs and economist Dr. Loren Scott predicts the trend will continue into 2025 among the 29 parishes outside the state’s nine metropolitan areas. He predicts close to 3,000 job losses, but some rural areas are seeing a boon, specifically those related to the timber industry.

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The wet summer and dry fall are frustrating many rice and crawfish farmers. Rice producers experienced very wet conditions during harvest in July and August. LSU AgCenter Rice specialist Doctor Ronnie Levy says because a lot of rice farmers also have crawfish ponds dry conditions will only increase the cost to harvest mudbugs next year…

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He says pumping water into the crawfish ponds is costly….

If you suffer from autumn allergies, you might be blaming the wrong culprit. LSU Ag center horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard says fall is prime ragweed season, even though goldenrod, which is more visible, usually gets the blame.

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A dismembered body found several years ago in rural St. Tammany Parish in 2016 has been identified. Jeff Palermo has more on this 2016 homicide investigation…

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Holden Hoggatt who’s running against incumbent southwest Louisiana congressman Clay Higgins picks up the endorsements of former congressmen Charles Boustany and Chris John, along with former Senator John Breaux. Breaux says Hoggatt is a republican who can work across party lines. Higgins received fellow congressman Steve Scalise’s backing.

Since 2006 rural areas in Louisiana continue to lose nonfarm jobs and economist Dr. Loren Scott predicts the trend will continue among the 29 parishes outside the state’s nine metropolitan areas. He predicts 1,000 jobs will be lost next year and in 2024 17-hundred job losses.

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Scott says however there are rural areas that are seeing a boon in job in the timber sector.

If you suffer from autumn allergies, you might blame what’s goldenrod because it’s the most visible. LSU Ag Center Horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard says however ragweed’s tiny particles are nearly invisible, but allergy sufferers know they’re there herself included.

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Rural areas of the state are expected to continue to see a decline in jobs, but an economist says some sectors will see growth. Brooke Thorington explains.
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The Louisiana Legislative Auditor says Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins has failed to properly document his travel expenses. The auditor says Perkins billed the city for 35-thousand dollars for 23 trips from 2019 to 2021 and in 16 of those trips the auditor questioned 32-hundred dollars in expenses.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office has made a positive ID on a badly decomposed and dismembered body found in rural St. Tammany Parish in 2016. It’s Keanthis Konstantinidis as Lt. Adam Rudolph says they suspect Phillip Pointer killed Konstantinidis, because his foot was found on his property after Pointer died in 2019. Rudolph says now that they’ve identified Konstantinidis, they’ll investigate to see if anyone else was involved in his murder…
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He says they would also like to know if Konstantindis’ died in St. Tammany or Biloxi.

The wet summer and dry fall is frustrating many rice and crawfish farmers. Rice producers experienced very wet conditions during harvest in July and August. LSU AgCenter Rice specialist Doctor Ronnie Levy says this prevented farmers from harvesting rice on time..
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Levy says a lot of rice farmers also have crawfish ponds on their property. He says the dry weather we are seeing now, will only increase the cost to harvest mudbugs next year.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office has made a positive identification on a decomposing, dismembered body found near near the Rigolets (Rig-o-leez) on Highway 90 in July of 2016. Lt. Adam Rudolph says they knew Kleanthis Konstantinidis (Kle-anthis Kon-stan-ti-ni-dis) was a homicide victim, but didn’t know the circumstances around his murder…
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Rudolph says they’ve established Phillip Pointer as the primary suspect in Konstantindis’ death. Konstantinidis foot was located in a bucket on Pointer’s property in 2019 after he died.

If you are battling allergies, LSU Ag Center horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard says blame ragweed as it’s responsible for the majority of fall pollen-induced allergies…
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Kirk-Ballard says the ragweed’s particles are extremely small and lightweight.

We are a few months away from crawfish season, but this dry fall is not helping crawfish farmers who need water for their ponds. LSU AgCenter Rice specialist Doctor Ronnie Levy says producers have to pump water into their crawfish ponds, which is costly…
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Levy says this could result in a higher cost for crawfish next year.

A lot went wrong in LSU’s 40-13 defeat to Tennessee on Saturday in Tiger Stadium. It was another poor game by the special teams unit as Jack Bech failed to handle the opening kick-off which led to a quick seven points for Tennessee. Coach Brian Kelly says it’s an area they keep trying to get better at
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LSU is at Florida this Saturday.

On Sunday three individuals on a sunken fishing boat offshore of Empire, Louisiana fended off sharks as they awaited to be rescued. The Coast Guard launched a search after they failed to return from a Saturday fishing trip. They were airlifted and taken to a hospital, two suffered injuries and one had signs of hypothermia.

The wet summer and dry fall are frustrating many rice and crawfish farmers. Rice producers experienced very wet conditions during harvest in July and August. LSU AgCenter Rice specialist Doctor Ronnie Levy says because a lot of rice farmers also have crawfish ponds dry conditions will only increase the cost to harvest mudbugs next year…

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Levy says pumping water into the crawfish ponds is costly….

If you suffer from autumn allergies, you might be blaming the wrong culprit. LSU Ag center horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard says fall is prime ragweed season, even though goldenrod, which is more visible, usually gets the blame.

Cut 9 (11)  “…right now.”

She says experts recommend you change your clothes if you can before you bring them into the house if you have a mudroom or garage.

Economist Loren Scott says rural areas of the state should have a percentage point of job decline but he admits it could be worse if it wasn’t for the ongoing lumber issues in Canada and lumber is Louisiana is prosperous.

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And with a 2023 recession looming he expects the southern half of the state to see job growth compared to the rest of the country.

Since 2006 rural areas in Louisiana continue to lose nonfarm jobs and economist Dr. Loren Scott predicts the trend will continue into 2025 among the 29 parishes outside the state’s nine metropolitan areas. He predicts close to 3,000 job losses, but some rural areas are seeing a boon, specifically those related to the timber industry.

Cut 4 (09) “…positive things.” 

The wet summer and dry fall are frustrating for many rice and crawfish farmers. Rice producers experienced very wet conditions during harvest in July and August. LSU AgCenter Rice specialist Doctor Ronnie Levy says this prevented farmers from harvesting rice on time.

Cut 6 (08)  “…harvest the crop.” 

And pumping water into crawfish ponds is expensive.

Tennessee was the much better football team on Saturday as they trounced LSU 40-13. Jeff Palermo has a recap.

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