Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards claims that Republican candidate Scott Angelle helped create the state’s one-point-six billion dollar budget deficit while serving in the Jindal administration. During his opening statement, Angelle said he would be open to solutions from anyone when it comes to the state’s budget problems…

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All four announced candidates for governor appeared at a lunchtime forum yesterday in Baton Rouge.

It’s the peak of crawfish harvest season and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s office is increasing patrols around crawfish ponds to deter thieves from stealing crawfish. Lt. Clay Higgins says deputies have been guarding ponds annually since 2011…

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Higgins says officers often are waiting in the dark, blacked out in their patrol unit, watching for any suspicious activity.

Mandeville Senator Jack Donahue files legislation that he says will control the cost of the TOPS scholarship program. Donahue says under his bill the TOPS award stays the same for a student through their college career, even if tuition goes up…

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Higher education officials and the Taylor Foundation, which started the TOPS program, will promote Donahue’s bill at an 11 o’ clock press conference today in Baton Rouge.

Tonight at 9, Investigation Discovery’s “Web of Lies” will feature the story of the kidnapping, murder, and arrest of 12-year-old Justin Bloxom’s killer. Brian Horn, a previously convicted sex offender, lured Bloxom to his death with fake text messages, pretending to be a girl from his school. DeSoto Parish Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle says Justin’s story should be a reminder to parents to keep up with what their kids are doing…

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Horn was sentenced to death for Justin’s murder last year.