Political analysts say Governor Bobby Jindal failed to stand out in last night’s CNN Republican presidential candidate debate. Eric Gill reports…
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With flu season quickly approaching, it’s time to get your annual flu shot. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Political analysts say Governor Bobby Jindal failed to stand out in last night’s CNN Republican presidential candidate debate. Jindal was among four candidates who appeared in a debate of lower tier candidates. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says last night’s performance shows why Jindal continues to remain at the bottom of the pack…
He says Jindal didn’t provide anything new in this debate to attract new supporters. Stockley feels the governor really flopped when asked about the 14-year-old Muslim student in Texas who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school that a teacher thought was a bomb…
Stockley says Jindal failed to give viewers insight on who he is. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat describes Jindal’s performance as adequate. He doesn’t think Jindal’s opening attack on front-runner Donald Trump worked as intended…
He says this doesn’t mean the end for Jindal as he is focused on doing well in the Iowa caucus. But Pinsonat says these debates are certainly not helping Jindal on the national stage…
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It’s almost flu season again so that means it’s time to get your flu shot. The Center for Disease Control’s Flu Expert Michael Jhung says last year’s flu season was a rough one so if the vaccination is available, you should get one as soon as possible. He says this year’s flu shot will provide better protection from the virus than last year’s
Jhung says everyone needs to be vaccinated but those over 65 and children under five are at a high risk for catching the virus. He says the flu shot is safe and it can only cause local side effects, like redness at the injection site.
Jhung says the earlier you get vaccinated the better because it takes about two weeks to be fully protected.
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The Many Police Department says a Texas man arrested on drug charges tried to tell police that the pants containing the alleged illegal narcotics were not his pants. Police spokesperson Dean Lambert says 41-year-old Demontra Nelson was apprehended after trying to cash a false check at a grocery store. Lambert says K-9 dogs found the cocaine and marijuana on Nelson’s possession…
Lambert says during the car chase that led up to the arrest, Nelson and the driver, 47-year-old Hurpe Miles, threw a fraudulent check and fake I-D out the window of the vehicle. He says once they stopped, officers called the narcotics K-9 unit to the scene.
Lambert says he’s been in law enforcement a long time and only heard this excuse one other time.
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During a Lt. Governor’s candidate debate, Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden said he was appalled that state Senator Elbert Guillory used the “n-word” in a campaign commercial. Holden, who is an African-American, let his frustrations known when asked about the commercial that Guillory aired which has former President Lyndon Johnson using the racial slur…
Guillory, who is a black lawmaker from Opelousas, said he included the phrase in the ad for “educational purposes”. Guillory then took a shot at Holden’s intelligence…
Guillory said only an idiot, who had not seen his commercial, would make the comments that Holden made. Holden then responded to being called an idiot by Guillory…
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