The first day of early voting saw a record-breaking 174-thousand votes cast in Louisiana. JMC Analytics Pollster John Couvillon says there have also been over 100-thousand people who have voted by mail, so he says 40-percent of the vote could be cast before Election Day…
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Early voting continues through October 27th.

LSU Coach Ed Orgeron says Tigers starting quarterback Myles Brennan is questionable for Saturday’s home game versus South Carolina. If Brennan can’t play, the Tigers will have to start a true freshman at Q-B, either Pontchatoula’s TJ Finley or Max Johnson from Georgia. Orgeron says both quarterbacks have the talent to play in the NFL…
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Brennan got hurt in the loss to Missouri and Coach O says he would not have played last Saturday if the game against Florida had not been postponed.

A Mangham Police Officer is recovering after he was shot during a traffic stop on Saturday night. State Police Trooper Michael Reichardt says 27-year-old Hermandus Semien of Ville Platte shot the officer after stealing a vehicle and robbing a pharmacy in Rayville earlier in the day
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Semien faces several charges including attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. Reichardt says the officer is expected to survive.

An Auburn researcher has received funding for a yearlong project that will look at how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting poor communities in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Doctor Kelly Dunning says the study will compare how different populations receive their information and which format they trust…
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Dunning plans to interview five-thousand people and release preliminary results next spring.