Qualifying began today for this fall’s statewide elections and the four major gubernatorial candidates all qualified before 10AM. Eric Gill reports…
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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of two suspects who are accused of trying to kill deputies who were on patrol last week in Marrero. Emlie Gunn reports…:
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office says a house fire in East Carroll Parish has taken the life of a Lake Providence man. 54-year-old Kenneth Jefferson died in route to the hospital from injuries suffered while trying to put out the fire. Fire Marshal Butch Browning says they believe unsafe smoking habits likely played a part in the blaze…
He believes Jefferson and his girlfriend, Anita Jones, were asleep when the fire started. Jones told investigators that she and Jefferson were habitual smokers who often smoked in bed. Browning says smoking inside a building is dangerous, particularly while lying in bed…
Jones says she saw Jefferson attempting to put out the fire while she ran to call for help. Browning says whenever there is a fire, one should notify everyone in the area and then escape to safety, rather than stay behind to put out the fire…
CUT 5 (08) “trapped themselves”
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The four major candidates in Louisiana’s governor’s race all qualified for the election this morning in Baton Rouge. Republican Senator David Vitter qualified first saying the state currently faces enormous challenges…
The gubernatorial primary election is October 24th. Republican Scott Angelle says he’s confident this campaign will be about issues and not money…
John Bel Edwards is the lone Democrat in the race and doesn’t think last year’s attitude among voters in the US Senate election will carry forward this year. He says this year’s election is not focused on Washington, DC, but on Baton Rouge…
If necessary, a runoff election will be held November 21st. Republican Jay Dardenne is excited about the race and plans to bring the governor to the people, if elected…
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While the governor’s race will get a lot of the attention this fall, the race for attorney general will be just as heated as two major challengers attempt to defeat two time incumbent, Buddy Caldwell. Caldwell, a republican from northeast Louisiana, was the very first candidate to qualify at the Secretary of State’s office today
West Baton Rouge Parish prosecutor Marty Maley is a dark horse in the race, but is confident he can win. He says right now Louisiana has an Attorney General with a nice skill set but doesn’t have experience in the court room.
Republican Jeff Landry, a former congressman from Iberia Parish, says it’s time for a change in the A-G’s office. He says he wants to bring honesty and integrity into the office because it’s not there now.
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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of two suspects who are accused of trying to kill deputies who were on patrol last week in Marrero. Sheriff Newell Normand says, on September 2nd, the cops were investigating an area that officials described as high crime when they noticed a laser on the windshield…:
No one was struck. 21-year-old Malcolm Hall and 20-year-old Terrance Carter were charged in the incident. Normand says the suspects, who were part of a large drug-dealing operation, admitted they knew they were shooting at the police…:
Normand says counts of attempted killing of police officers carries a minimum of 20-50 years without probation or parole. He says that neither man is showing any remorse about shooting at the police…:
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