1030 AM LRN News

Another rural Democrat is leaving the party, this time Bogalusa Representative Malinda White who announced she’s going independent, registering as No Party. LaPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says that now makes three independents in the State House. Alford says for established candidates like White this kind of move can make sense…

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White was first elected in 2015 as a Democrat.

A Baton Rouge man got the shock of a lifetime last weekend after a banking error resulted in 50 billion dollars being deposited into his bank account. real estate agent Darren James ended up returning all of the money but since it was deposited on a Saturday it stayed in his account for three days.

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More pets go missing during the 4th of July than any other time of the year. Jim Shannon talks with an animal advocate on how to keep your pet calm when the fireworks go off.

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A massive gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico that for a time was known as the “Eye of Fire” has been extinguished according to the Mexican government. A Petroleos Mexicanos underwater natural gas pipeline had ruptured pouring ignited natural gas into the nearby water. Videos on social media showed a hellish eye shaped flaming, roiling ball of fire in the middle of the Gulf that raged for more than five hours.