Early voting ended yesterday. The Secretary of State’s Office says about 363-thousand registered voters have cast a ballot. That’s a combination of in-person early voting and absentee. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says that’s about 55-thousand more ballots than the 2018 mid-term election…
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Tuesday, November eighth is election day and polls are open from 6 AM to 8 PM.
Governor John Bel Edwards calls for an investigation into the Ware Youth Center in Red River Parish after an extensive New York Times report says the facility is plagued by rape allegations involving guards and dozens of suicide attempts by inmates. The Office of Juvenile Justice does not run the facility, but assistant secretary Curtis Nelson says Ware provides services to the state…
Officials have broken ground on the Biomedical Research and Innovation Park at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Once complete, the 60,000-square-foot facility will be an incubator for medical research and design. ULM President Ron Berry says far the state has contributed $24 million to the project and promised another $4 million.
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Albany High School has decided to forfeit this Friday’s game against Bogalusa over security concerns. Albany High Principal Sammie Lacara made the call and acknowledges there are other team sports, like basketball and baseball coming up where they will have to compete with Bogalusa.
October 15th, a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot outside of the stadium as Bogalusa was on its way to a victory over Jewel Sumner. So far, no arrests have been made.