13:30 Newscast August 22, 2014

On the final day to qualify for the November 4th elections, Republican Retired Air Force Colonel, Rob Maness officially signed up for US Senate race. Democratic incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu and Republican Baton Rouge Congressman Bill Cassidy qualified Wednesday. But Maness says Louisiana voters are looking for someone who is not a Washington D-C politician…

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Polls show Maness is an underdog in the race.

The first in line to qualify today was 5th Congressional District Representative Vance McAllister. McAllister shrugged off the fact that Jindal and the Louisiana GOP don’t support him. He says God has given him a second chance with his family and he hopes voters will continue to support him because he knows more about values now than every before…

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The Congressman came under fire earlier this year for being caught on tape kissing a married woman at his office.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office says a months long investigation has resulted in the arrests of people allegedly involved in a prostitution operation being run out of an Asian massage parlor. Spokesman Matt Vezinot says they got a tip that people were getting sex for cash at this location and the sting operation began…

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He says three arrests were made in Lake Charles and more arrests are expected.

This weekend is shaping up to be the hottest of the year. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the humidity will also be high which drives the heat index up…

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Keim says high temps through the weekend will be in the upper 90′s, even triple digits in some cases.