Republican State Treasurer John Schroder has told Louisiana Radio Network he will not run for governor next year, if G-O-P Senator John Kennedy decides to run for governor. Schroder says if Kennedy runs for governor, he’ll run for re-election as State Treasurer and look forward to working with Kennedy…
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Kennedy said shortly after he was re-elected to a second term in the U-S Senate that he was considering a run for governor.

The community of Holum in Caldwell Parish is recovering from a tornado that hit Tuesday. The National Weather Service says the tornado strengthened as it went along, reaching peak winds of 140 miles per hour as an EF3. Caldwell Parish Sheriff Chief Deputy Jack McKeithen describes the damage.
Cut 3 (09) “..three or four others.”
One person suffered a minor injury.

The U-S Attorney’s Office says Gary Landon Harper is in custody on child pornography charges as part of an online child exploitation case where many of the victims are from northeast Louisiana. US Attorney for Louisiana’s Western District Brandon Brown…
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Brown says Harper was able to obtain child pornography while posing as an 18-year-old on snap chat and the cash app.

State Police says a tip to Crimestoppers helped them recover 16 stolen vehicles at an abandoned apartment complex in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. Trooper Kate Stegall says they also found several stolen guns and a travel trailer. Two people were arrested and Stegall thanks the person who provided the tip that led to the bust…
cut 14 (06) “….owners vehicles”
Stegall says the search continues for a stolen restored classic 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle.