Qualifying for the October 24 elections begins today. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross still sees Republican Senator David Vitter and Democrat John Bel Edwards making the runoff in the governor’s race. He says Republicans Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne will be making hard pushes to get past Edwards…

cut 5 (08) “desperate”

If necessary, the runoff election would be November 21.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is assisting in the recall of cucumbers because of a salmonella outbreak across several states. State Health Officer Dr. Jimmy Guidry says we’ve seen three cases in Louisiana that could possibly be linked to the contaminated cucumbers and they’re working with distributors to get the vegetable off the shelves…

cut 10 (11) “prevent it”

Guidry says there aren’t many restaurants or stores that were carrying these cucumbers.

When gas prices are low, more drivers are on the road causing more wrecks, and that could raise your insurance rates according to the Insurance Information Institute. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Jim Donelon, says a recent bankrate-dot-com study shows why Louisiana insurance rates are so high…

cut 8 (08) “of those analysis”

He blames distracted driving for an increase in wrecks.

Future hurricane seasons in the Atlantic could feature weaker and fewer storms, according to a study in the Nature Geoscience Journal. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we’ve been in an active period since the mid 1990s and there’s a possibility that we could be taking a brief pause….

cut 14 (12) “a change”

Hurricane researchers say changes in ocean patterns have caused hurricane activity to increase or decrease for long periods of time since the 1800s.