The Franklin Parish community continues to mourn the loss of Tyrell Cameron, the Franklin Parish High School football player who lost his life after an injury during a game last Friday. Jeff Palermo has more…
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A political action committee releases a new television commercial reminding voters about David Vitter’s 2007 prostitution scandal. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Bayou Teche Brewing and U-L Lafayette say a new Ragin’ Cajuns Genuine Louisiana Ale is available today in select locations. Michelle Southern has more….
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The Franklin Parish community continues to mourn the loss of Tyrell Cameron, the Franklin Parish High School football player who lost his life after an injury during a game last Friday. FPHS Principal Brian Gunter says he’s thankful for the wave of support shown to the school and the Cameron family…
Gunter says there have been several events in Winnsboro over the past week to commemorate and remember the life of Cameron. He says a GoFundMe account has been set up to help defray funeral costs for the Cameron family. Gunter says he’s impressed with how schools in the area are showing their support…
Visitation for Cameron will be held this evening with funeral services scheduled for Saturday afternoon at River of Life Church in Winnsboro. Gunter expects this to be a very emotional weekend in Winnsboro…
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A political action committee, called the Louisiana Water Coalition, released a television commercial reminding voters of David Vitter’s 2007 prostitution scandal. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Vitter needs 30 percent of the vote to make the runoff and those voters have stuck with him since day one.
Pinsonat says the majority of Louisiana voters aren’t worried about what happened with Vitter seven years ago, they just want the most conservative candidate. He says these commercials need to come up with new information for it to really have an impact.
Pinsonat says this ad won’t impact Vitter’s chances of making the runoff and it’s going to take more than this to stop him.
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Former 5th District Congressman Vance McAllister has jumped back in the political ring. McAllister qualified Thursday to run for the state Senate District 33 seat currently held by second term incumbent Mike Walsworth. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says this could be a very entertaining race. He says McAllister does have a couple of things going for him…
McAllister lost his congressional seat in last fall’s elections after a kissing scandal became public. Stockley says one of the biggest criticisms against Walsworth is his allegiance with Governor Bobby Jindal…
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He says McAllister’s name recognition and available money for the race give him a real chance. But Stockley says it will not be easy for McAllister to take unseat Walsworth…
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Bayou Teche Brewing announces their new Ragin’ Cajuns Genuine Louisiana Ale is now available at select locations. President Karlos Knott says his brewery worked closely with the university to create a beer that symbolizes the school and the U-L marketing department designed the logo.
Knott says they wanted to create a beer that was easy to drink for tailgating in the extreme heat. He says Ragin’ Cajuns Genuine Louisiana Ale is brewed with rice, so it’s light and refreshing.
Knott believes this will be a very successful product because of the great name and the success of the university, itself. He says they spared no expense when it came to brewing this ale.
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A big match-up in Saturday’s LSU game against Mississippi State is the Tigers defense against Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott. Prescott had his way with the LSU defense last year as he rushed for over 100 yards and threw over 200 yards against the Bayou Bengals in Baton Rouge. LSU defensive tackle Christian Lacourture (Lock-uh-chur) on their gameplan to stop Dak
Lacourture says getting a lot of players around Prescott will be a key…
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The Saints open their regular season Sunday afternoon at Arizona. The Black and Gold are looking to rebound after a disappointing 7-9 campaign last season. Saints radio color analyst Hokie Gajan says preseason injuries have him concerned heading into the season opener…
Gajan says the only bright spot for him in the preseason was the limited action of the first team offense. He says there is concern about the defense, who gave up some big plays and only tallied two sacks in four preseason games. Gajan says this is about as uncomfortable he’s been about the Saints heading into a season opener…