We Ask America puts the Governor’s race run-off at a 47 to 47 percent dead heat between John Bel Edwards and Eddie Rispone. Pollster Andrew Weissert says the deciding factor may be out of the hands of both campaigns. The Pollster says with a 59 percent job approval rating, this race may be President Trump’s to decide…
Cut 5 (08) “…Rispone”
Trump’s plus 23 percent net approval in the state is far higher than Edwards’ 16 percent, or Rispone’s 11 percent net.
A Shreveport man accused of shooting two people, including a police officer, on the Grambling State campus overnight is in custody. State Police Trooper Michael Reichardt says a dispute during a party held inside the school’s basketball arena led to 19-year-old Princeston Adams pulling a gun out and shooting another person multiple times, plus he shot a cop.
Cut 6 (09) “…shot in the leg.”
The unveiling of a monument to Lynyrd Skynyrd takes place Sunday in Gillsburg, MS, the site of the band’s 1977 plane crash. Sunday marks the anniversary and President of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument Project Bobby McDaniel says they will recognize those impacted by the crash, including five survivors.
Cut 9 (09) “…and the caregivers.”
Skynyrd was on top of the music world when the plane that was carrying the band from South Carolina to a performance at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge crashed in a swampy wooded area just about 50 miles short of the intended destination.
The Louisiana unemployment rate of 4.3 percent for September is at an 11-year-low according to a report from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie says the Bayou State has seen all kinds of industry expansion…