Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins is facing three challengers as he seeks re-election in November. There are two Democratic challengers. One of them is former oil driller Rob Anderson, who criticizes Higgins for opposing renewable energy funding. Anderson says Louisiana could lead the way in green energy…
cut 4 (08) “….fuels”
The other Democratic candidate is Mount Olive Baptist Church Pastor Bryalon Harris. There’s also a third-party candidate, Libertarian Brandon Leleux. He’s running on Libertarian like ideas
cut 6 (08) “….they want”
Higgins calls the November election a crucial turning point for our country as he says the left keeps pushing a socialist agenda.

The Louisiana Department of Health finds that 80-percent of pregnancy-related deaths of women are preventable. L-D-H reviewed 65 deaths in 2017 and the most common causes of deaths were homicide, cardiovascular and coronary conditions, motor vehicle crashes, and accidental overdose. State Perinatal Medical Director Doctor Veronica Gillispie-Bell says pregnant women need to have better access to care and guidance to seek resources…
cut 12 (10) “…community resources”

LSU will attempt to find out this week how many fans want to watch games in person if fans are allowed in Tiger Stadium. LSU ticket manager Brian Broussard says they are sending an online questionnaire to their season ticket holders…
cut 9 (13) “….fans get tickets”
But the governor’s office says it’s purely speculative at this point on what the capacity guidelines might look like when the season kicks off in late September.

Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins is facing three challengers as he seeks re-election. Matt Doyle spoke with each candidate…
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The state has reported 58-more people died in Louisiana from COVID-19 since Friday. The number of coronavirus patients dropped by a dozen.

LSU is asking its season ticket holders if they want to watch football games inside Tiger Stadium this season. LSU ticket manager Brian Broussard says they plan to have fans in attendance but to get an idea on how many season ticket holders want to attend games this year, they are sending them an online questionnaire this week.
Cut 8 (12) “…up of tickets.”
The governor’s office says it would be purely speculative to say how many fans will be allowed in Tiger Stadium when the season starts in late September.

Meanwhile, ULM will need to find two new opponents to replace Arkansas and Georgia since the SEC will play a conference only schedule this year. Warhawks athletics director Scott McDonald says they still plan to play 12 games…
cut 15 (10) “…those slots”

Congressman Clay Higgins and three other candidates are signed up for the 3^rd Congressional District Race. Matt Doyle spoke with each…

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LSU football season ticket holders are being asked for their feedback on attending a game at Tiger Stadium this fall. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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The Louisiana Health Department has looked back at the deaths of pregnant women in 2017 and finds most of them could have been preventable. Brooke Thorington has more

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Three candidates have signed up to take on incumbent Congressman Clay Higgins in the 3^rd District November race.

Former oil driller Rob Anderson, a Democrat, is in the running. He criticized Higgins opposing renewable energy funding. Anderson says Louisiana could be leading the way in green energy…

Cut 4 (08)_ “…fuels”

Anderson says if elected he would put more of a focus on securing funding and repair for the I-10 Bridge, a point Higgins also highlighted.

Democrat and Mount Olive Baptist Church Pastor Braylon Harris says Higgins’ temperament is not a good fit for the current times. He says his background in community work has trained him to be diplomatic.

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Democratic candidates won roughly thirty percent of the vote in the 2018 election.

Restaurant manager Brandon Leleux, a Libertarian, is the only third-party candidate in the running. He says he’s running on Libertarian ideas like…

Cut 6 (08) “…they want”

Higgins says his constituents know him well and he’s got a record of being unwavering about his core conservative principles since winning the seat in 2016.

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Higgins won the 2018 race with 55 percent of the vote in a first-round that featured another Republican that also received twelve percent of the vote.

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LSU is polling season ticket holders to get an idea of how many of them still want to watch football inside Tiger Stadium this season.  LSU ticket manager Brian Broussard says they are planning to have fans in attendance, but to get an idea on how many season ticket holders want to attend games this year, they are sending them an online questionnaire this week.

Cut 8 (12) “…up of tickets.”

The governor, state and local health officials will have final say on how many fans can be inside Tiger Stadium.  The governor’s office says it would be purely speculative to say what kind of capacity guidelines there will be for gatherings and events in two months and any state guidance would come in late September.

Broussard says it is unclear if there will be any tickets available for fans that are not season ticket holders.

Cut 9 (13) “…fans get tickets.”

Broussard says for those season ticket holders choosing to opt out of attending games in person, there will be three options as to what can happen with the money already paid.

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A state health department study finds that most pregnancy-related deaths of women in 2017 were preventable. State Perinatal Medical Director Dr Veronica Gillispie-Bell says 65 total deaths were reviewed and 80-percent could have been prevented.

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The most common cause of death that that was not pregnancy-related was homicide, followed by motor vehicle crashes and accidental overdose. In researching the homicides among pregnant women, they found that many were connected to intimate partner violence.

Gillispie-Bell says pregnant women need to have better access to care and guidance to seek resources.

Cut 12 (10) “…community resources.”

The study also finds that in 2017 black mothers are twice as likely to die compared to white mothers and far more likely to die of pregnancy-related issues. Gillispie-Bell say that systemic racism and health disparities like access to care and economics play a role.

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The SEC’s decision to play only conference games this season, leaves ULM with two holes on their football schedule and the school will miss out on a reported three-point-two million dollars. That’s how much the school would have received for playing Arkansas and Georgia. ULM athletic director Scott McDonald still wants to talk with those schools

Cut 14 (11) “…their obligations.”

McDonald does not believe ULM will lose out on that money. He says if the school doesn’t play those two games, the Warhawks are still committed to a 12 game schedule…

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If the Big 12 decides to go to a conference only schedule, Louisiana Tech could lose its game with Baylor? Could we see ULM and Tech play each other in football. McDonald says he’s open to the discussion

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Nicholls will not have the opportunity to play LSU in Tiger Stadium in October, because the SEC’s new conference only schedule. Colonels athletic director Jonathan Terrell says he’s disappointed for their student-athletes…

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Nicholls also lost its season opening opponent Mississippi Valley State, because the SWAC moved its season to the spring. The NCAA Board of Governors is expected to discuss tomorrow whether they should cancel the fall championships because of COVID-19. The Colonels have been in the FCS playoffs the last three years and Terrell says the plan is to still have a fall season

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Twitter has banned the account of former KKK leader and state lawmaker David Duke for violating the platform’s rules on hate speech. Duke was already banned from Youtube and Tyler Bridges, Author of The Rise and Fall of David Duke, says…

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Duke famously ran for Governor against Edwin Edwards in 1991, and last ran for office in 2016, getting 58,000 votes in a campaign for the Senate seat that was won by John Kennedy.

Governor Edwards tells Louisiana residents not to expect major changes with the Phase Two coronavirus guidelines as he expects to extend the mask mandate and bar closure order next week. The current order expires next Friday and Edwards it will likely be extended for another two weeks

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LSU football coach Ed Orgeron looks forward to playing a ten-game SEC schedule this season. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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The state has stopped reporting COVID-19 numbers on Saturdays to allow labs to catch up on backdated numbers. Since Tuesday new COVID cases have been below 2,000 a day, and hospitalizations have on average declined, but deaths are ticking up a good bit, a lagging indicator of the mid-July surge.

Former Klan leader and state lawmaker David Duke is banned from Twitter.

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The SEC agrees to play a ten game conference only schedule this year starting September 26^th. LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron says he’s excited to play more SEC games this year, and the team is ready for whatever the pandemic throws at it…

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Governor Edwards tells Louisiana residents not to expect major changes with the Phase Two coronavirus guidelines as he expects to extend the mask mandate and bar closure order next week. Edwards has faced criticism from some Republican lawmakers over the restrictions that have been put on businesses during this pandemic. But Edwards says he’s following the guidance from the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force

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A Franklin Parish traffic stop leads to two arrests and the discovery of a dead body in the trunk of a bullet-riddled car. Court records show a trooper pulled a suspect over for speeding, saw bullet holes in the driver’s side door, and smelled pot coming out of the car, and searched the vehicle finding the corpse of Michael Robinson. Master Trooper Michael Reichardt says it was a shocking discovery for the trooper.

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Governor Edwards announces that he will almost certainly be extending the current Phase Two orders, mask mandate and bar closures included next week for at least another two weeks after that. The governor says the mask mandate is part of the new normal

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Infamous KKK leader and former state lawmaker David Duke gets booted off twitter for allegedly repeatedly violating the platform’s hateful conduct rules. Duke blamed Jews for the ban, and Tyler Bridges, Author of The Rise and Fall of David Duke, says that opinion is par for the course these days on the Duke Twitter feed and made his ban just about inevitable.

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Duke says he will appeal the decision. He was also kicked off YouTube last month.

A traffic stop in Franklin Parish leads to a trooper discovering a dead body in a trunk. Master Trooper Michael Reichardt says the trooper saw bullet holes in the side of the vehicle and asked the driver if he could do an inspection, leading to the discovery and arrest of 18-year-old Michael Mitchell Jr. Reichardt applauded the arresting trooper.

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The arrest led to another arrest of a 19-year-old Cameron Powe, who allegedly joined with Mitchell Jr. in the robbery that led to the victim, Michael Robinson’s, death.

The SEC will play a ten-game conference only season this year with first kickoff set for September 26^th. LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron anticipates that the two additional conference opponents will come from the SEC East, but the team will be ready.

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Twitter has banned the account of former KKK leader and state lawmaker David Duke for violating the platform’s rules on hate speech.  The site has recently banned tens of thousands of extremist accounts, and Tyler Bridges, Author of The Rise and Fall of David Duke, says it was inevitable Duke would get hit as well.

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The official release from Twitter about the ban says Duke “has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter rules on hateful conduct.”

Governor Edwards tells Louisiana residents not to expect major changes with the Phase Two coronavirus guidelines as he expects to extend the mask mandate and bar closure order next week. The current order expires next Friday and Edwards it will likely be extended for another two weeks

Cut 3 (11)  “…current data”  

A Franklin Parish traffic stop leads to the discovery of a dead body in the trunk of a bullet-riddled car. Court records show a trooper pulled a suspect over for speeding, saw bullet holes in the driver’s side door, and smelled pot coming out of the car. Master Trooper Michael Reichardt…

Cut 12 (07) “…car.” 

That traffic stop led to the arrest of 18-year-old Michael Mitchell Jr. who claims he and 19-year-old Cameron Powe were robbing the victim, Michael Robinson, when Powe shot Robinson and put the body in Mitchell’s trunk. Powe was arrested later that night.

LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron is excited about the SEC moving from a normal 12-game regular-season schedule to a ten-game format with conference-only opponents. Orgeron says he’s still waiting on an exact schedule, but the shakeup does not take the wind out of his sails.

Cut 9 (11) “…gonna be ready.”