Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards and Republican challenger Eddie Rispone have agreed to face each other in a televised debate. It will take place on October 30th and Louisiana Public Broadcasting will televise. Council for a Better Louisiana is a co-host and CABL president Barry Erwin says they’ve been talking with the candidates to schedule this debate…

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Connor Croll, the 19-year-old University of Alabama freshman accused of calling in a bomb threat to Tiger Stadium during the LSU-Florida game because a friend was on the verge of losing a large bet, pleads not guilty. East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore says a prank of this magnitude is not being taken lightly.
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Croll faces up to 20 years for the felony charge.

Five majority-African American churches have been vandalized in Crowley over the past four months. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry says vandals destroyed two pieces of equipment and that was enough to shut down a logging operation. L-D-A-F enforcement agents say vandals entered a logging operation in Winn Parish and destroyed the radiator on one John Deere Skidder and busted a large hole in the engine block on a John Deere Cutter. The cost of the estimated damages is 16-thousand dollars.