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 Rispone’s campaign has to be happy with the results here. He says it didn’t take long for him to consolidate the GOP vote following the primary.
Rispone has a 49 percent favorability rating, and a 38 percent unfavorable rating with voters.
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.”
A Shreveport man accused of shooting two people, including a police officer, on the Grambling State campus 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 injuries are non-lifethreatening
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 Baton Rouge and the Big Easy have made historic strides…