President Trump returns to Louisiana tonight, where he’ll rally Republicans at the CenturyLink Center in Bossier City to vote for Eddie Rispone in Saturday’s run-off. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Rispone can not win without the help of conservative voters in north Louisiana…
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Governor Edwards is also in Shreveport today to rally his supporters.

There’s also a gathering tonight in New Iberia as a Lifetime Christmas Movie filmed in the middle of sugarcane country will premiere at the Steamboat Pavillion. The movie is called “Christmas in Louisiana” and New Iberia Mayor Freddie Decourt says it was shot in his city this past summer…
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Christmas in Louisiana will air for the first time on the Lifetime Channel on Saturday.

The number of opioid-related deaths continues to rise in Louisiana. That’s according to a report from the Advisory Council on Heroin and Prevention. But Council chair, Doctor James Hussey, says they have seen some bright spots in the fight against the opioid epidemic. There’s been a decline in the number of opioid prescriptions written and an increase in addicts who have enrolled in substance abuse treatment. But Hussey says the health care community can still do better when it comes to treatment.
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Hussey says the increase in overall deaths is attributed in part to illegal fentanyl pouring into the state.