According to statistics released this morning, over 236,000 registered voters took advantage of early voting. Eric Gill has more…
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A sports information and wearable technology company has developed a mouth guard with a chip that logs information about how hard a football player is hit and LSU is the only college using them this year. Michelle Southern reports.
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According to statistics released this morning, over 236,000 registered voters took advantage of the early voting period that ended yesterday. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says the final day saw 47,000 casting an early ballot…
Statistics show Orleans led the way with over 23,000 early voters followed by East Baton Rouge Parish with over 22,000 participating. Schedler says this year’s totals are short of the 356,000 early voters that turned out for the 2012 election…
The 2012 Presidential election had a 68-percent voter turnout. Schedler had predicted a 45 to 50-percent voter turnout for Tuesday’s election, based on historical data. Now that he has figures for this year’s early voting, he thinks turnout could go up to 54-percent. Schedler hopes voters prove his prediction wrong on November 4th…
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Weekend temperatures across the state are expected to be the coolest so far this season. A cold front is moving across the state today, but Chris Nuttall, with the National Weather Service in Shreveport, says not to expect cooler temperatures just yet…
CUT 6 (10) “during the weekend”
A second cold front will bring cooler air and temperatures will begin to drop. Friday night overnight lows are expected to drop into the 40s across most of the state, with some locations possibly having lows in the 30s. Saturday, afternoon highs will be in the 60s statewide. Nuttall says these temps are unusually low…
Nuttall says to enjoy the cooler temperatures while they last…
CUT 8 (07) “into the seventies”
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A sports information and wearable technology company has developed a mouth guard with a chip that logs information about how hard a football player is hit and LSU is the only college using them this year. i1 (eye-one) Biometrics CEO Jesse Harper says not only does the chip log the intensity of the impact, but also where they were hit…:
Harper says the data can show the severity and location of impact which can assist in proper decision making by the training staff should they decide to remove the player from the field of play for further medical evaluation. Harper says they are working to make the sport of football safer for players…:
CUT 10 (08) “these players are taking”
Harper says this technology can also measure things like the difference in head impacts on turf versus grass. He says about 30 LSU players have been using this mouth guard since practice began this year and the feedback from the trainers has been phenomenal…:
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Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz has endorsed Calhoun Republican Zach Dasher in Louisiana’s 5th District Congressional race. Cruz, who is considering a presidential run in 2016, is a favorite among the tea party movement. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says this is a significant endorsement for Dasher…
A recent poll by the Glascock Group shows Dasher gaining ground with a week to go until election day. Stockley says you don’t need a poll to know that Dasher is a strong contender in this election…
Stockley says the endorsement from Cruz and the support Dasher has from the “Duck Dynasty” family has given him momentum going into November 4th. Stockley says this is a last minute attempt for Dasher to rally Republican voters to his side…