A State Trooper was shot and critically wounded following a incident involving a suspected drunk driver in Calcasieu Parish. State Police Superintendent Colonel Mike Edmonson says 54-year-old Kevin Daigle of Lake Charles pulled a shotgun and shot Trooper Steven J. Vincent in the head. Edmonson says some passersby were able to detain the gunman…

Cut 26 (13) “to the guy”

Vincent is hospitalized in critical condition.

With the state’s unemployment rate at 6.2 percent, we asked the four gubernatorial candidates how they would put people to work. Democrat John Bel Edwards says unemployment hurts families and he intends to fix that by investing in higher education like never before.

cut 11 (11) “growing industries”

Candidate responses can be found at louisianaradionetwork-dot-com.

Louisiana’s gubernatorial primary is two months from today and not much is happening on the campaign trail. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says the one word he would use to describe the race up to now is lethargic. He says no one seems to be making an all out push to grab the governor’s chair…

cut 7 (09) “two months out”

Cross says once qualifying begins on September 8th, the race for governor should really heat up.

Crude oil is trading at a level that hasn’t been seen since 2009 as it’s hovering around 40-dollars a barrel. Executive director of the LSU Center for Energy Studies, David Dismukes, says concerns over China’s troubled economy and an overall global slowdown are pushing oil prices lower…

cut 14 (08) ” very, very week”

The low oil prices are making it tough on the state’s oil and gas industry.