Governor John Bel Edwards calls for an investigation into the Ware Youth Center in Red River Parish after an extensive New York Times report that says the facility is plaqued by rape allegations involving guards and dozens of suicide attempts by incarcerated youth. The Office of Juvenile Justice does not run the facility, but assistant secretary Nelson Gordon says Ware provides services to the state…
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The governor’s office says Louisiana’s Inspector General will lead the investigation.

Louisiana residents are buying Powerball tickets in the hopes of winning the one-point-two billion dollar grand prize. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says a couple of players recently won a million dollars…
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A Baton Rouge man who set out for a six-mile hike in Arkansas last week has been found alive and safe. Brooke Thorington explains.
Cut 2 (33) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

Early voting ended yesterday. The Secretary of State’s Office says they received 363-thousand ballots for the November eighth election. 272-thousand early voted in person and 91-thousand voted absentee. Also 43-percent of the early votes were registered Republicans, 42-percent from Democrats.