The Council for a Better Louisiana is hosting a televised gubernatorial debate tonight. CABL president Barry Erwin hopes the debate will provide clarity on what candidates will do to tackle the issues facing the state…
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The debate airs at 7 PM on Louisiana Public Broadcasting.

Lafayette General signs a letter of intent to merge with Ochsner Health System which will create the largest healthcare provider in the Gulf South. Lafayette General Health System President David Callecod says the two medical providers have been working together since 2015…
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Officials say the merger should be completed next spring.

Eight people were arrested, including two juveniles and 15 guns were seized after Baton Rouge police broke up the filming of a rap video. Matt Doyle has more.
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Twenty-five years after the death of a newborn baby in Jeanerette, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 50-year-old woman and charged her with first-degree murder in the death of Baby Jane Doe. No bond has been set for Sonia Charles of New Iberia. Authorities say DNA evidence helped determined that Charles was the mother of an infant that was left to die outside of Bob’s Car Wash in January 1994.