8 candidates have qualified so far for the soon to be vacated 6th Congressional District seat. The race is highlighted by Democratic former governor Edwin Edwards and Republicans Dan Claitor, Paul Dietzel, and Garret Graves. Edwards says he was first in Congress back in 1965 and he’s anxious to go back…:
CUT 10 (12) “make it better”
Challenger Garret Graves told the media at qualifying yesterday that he feels Edwards is turning this race into a circus…:
CUT 12 (08) “substantive race”
Qualifying for the November 4th election ends tomorrow.

Louisiana’s ACT scores were slightly down from last year. But State education officials say that more students are taking the college prep test now though which affects the average and more of them are scoring well enough to qualify for TOPS.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office has released a picture of the vehicle that was involved in last weekend’s fatal shooting of a seven-year-old boy in Baton Rouge. Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says surveillance video from a nearby residence captured a light-colored, four-door sedan in the area when a shot was fired into another vehicle, killing little Terrez Coleman…:
CUT 14 (11) “5-0-7-3″
He says information that leads to an arrest could get you a reward of up to $12,500.

The National Weather Service is keeping their eye on a tropical disturbance forming in the Atlantic. As far as where this system will go, Manning says it’s too early to tell.