The man who challenged Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon’s last run for re-election says he’ll run again next year. Tim Temple says the DOI needs change even more now…:

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The Police Chief in Plaquemine says he will resign, hoping to avoid possible criminal charges for alleged malfeasance. Chief Kenny Payne is accused of soliciting sex from a woman in order to get charges against her boyfriend dropped. Payne maintains he did nothing wrong.

Alexandria Police are seeking the suspect in a fatal hit & run Saturday morning. Alexandria Police spokesman Lane Windham says 40-year-old Don Lair, Jr. was struck as he walked across a street at about 3:30 AM Saturday. The driver that hit Lair sped away from the scene.  Lair was hit by a second car, but that driver stopped and called 9-1-1. Windham says cops got a partial description of the vehicle..:

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He asks the driver to turn his or herself in as soon as possible.

A strong cold front is moving through Louisiana and the cooldown is already beginning in northern parishes. Jason Hansford, with the National Weather Service in Shreveport, expects temperatures along I-20 to be 15 to 20 degrees below normal tonight…:

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However, by the weekend, we should right back into typical autumn weather again.