Next Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in-person or by mail in Louisiana before the November 8th election. Register in-person at any Registrar of Voter’s Office, DMV, WIC or Food Stamp Office, or Medicaid Office. You’ll have to bring your license or your birth certificate and a utility bill or paycheck that proves where you live.
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrest a 14-year-old for handing out homemade candy laced with some kind of drug; possibly cannabis or meth. At least three students got sick from it. They’ve been treated and released from the hospital. OPSO’s Glenn Springfield says this is the kind of stuff parents need to discuss with their kids…:
CUT 14(10) “…from happening.”
There is growing concern about so-called Rainbow Fentanyl, which looks like candy but can easily be fatal.
A Bossier Parish mother says she will sue the local school system to get answers and action, after her 2nd-grade child came home badly bruised and limping in mid-September. The 7-year-old says he was bullied, then attacked by a classmate. The school system says there’s little they can do because the perpetrator is too young to be held criminally culpable.
The number of wildlife rehab centers in Louisiana has dwindled to four and they are feeling the pinch as their patient loads of orphaned or injured critters increase…:
CUT 02(33) “…Thorington”