Independent Hunter Lundy is the candidate for governor we’re profiling today, and he says he’s the best choice since he doesn’t focus on political parties. Brooke Thorington reports…:
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State Police have arrested a man in the investigation of a fatal crash that happened Saturday on the Highway 11 Bridge in St. Tammany Parish. They say 54-year-old Hector Garcia of Slidell left a pickup truck and box trailer in the middle of the road and another car crashed into it killing that driver. Garcia is booked on negligent homicide charges.

Governor John Bel Edwards plans to ask the federal government to declare a state of emergency to help in the effort to keep saltwater from coming up the Mississippi River and impacting local drinking systems….:
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He says there is no need to hoard bottled water and for the latest information visit emergency-dot-la-gov.

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser will meet with Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux this week to help resolve issues concerning Mardi Gras parade schedules due to a shortage of law enforcement. Nungesser says he has made a request to Governor Edwards to help the city…:
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Nungesser backs the krewes in not changing dates of the parades as it could affect tourism.