A state judge has ruled a constitutional amendment that bars certain convicted felons from running for an office in Louisiana is unconstitutional. Jeff Palermo asked former governor Edwin Edwards what this means for him…
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Today is the deadline to register to vote or make changes to your voter registration for the upcoming October 24th election. Emelie Gunn has more….
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The Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the case of a 1-year-old who was discovered wandering Holly Beach alone, while her parents were jogging naked four miles away. Michelle Southern reports.
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A state judge has thrown out a 1997 constitutional amendment that prohibits convicted felons from running for public office in Louisiana until 15 years after their prison sentence is completed. The case involves former state senator Derrick Shepherd, who spent 37 months in prison and is seeking a state House seat this fall. Former Governor and convicted felon Edwin Edwards agrees with the ruling
Judge Wilson Fields agreed with Shepherd’s attorneys who said the language on the ballot in 1997 did not match-up with what the legislature passed. This same constitutional amendment kept Edwards from qualifying for this year’s governor’s race. An election Edwards said he would have won, but is glad he couldn’t…
Judge Fields’ ruling will be appealed. If it stands, Edwards says it’s unlikely he’ll seek public office in the state
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Today marks the first day of fall and hopefully that means we’ll start to feel cooler temperatures in Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we can expect normal temperatures for the next three months and we’ll also be getting some relief to the dry conditions across the state with higher than average rainfall.
Keim says Louisiana will be cooling down shortly with the arrival of cold fronts. He says we will start seeing temperatures in the 80s over the next few days but that might not last too long.
Keim says most Louisiana residents are probably glad fall is finally here, as this summer was the hottest we’ve experienced in two years. He says humidity was much higher than usual and we saw dew points sky rocket.
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Today is the deadline to register to vote for the upcoming gubernatorial election. Secretary of State Tom Schedler is reminding Louisiana residents to get engaged in all of the important elections that will take place on October 24th.
Schedler says the easiest way to register or make changes to your registration is to go online at Geaux Vote dot com. He says if you use the website, you have a couple more hours to complete the process.
Schedler says we have more than 600 statewide elections coming up and hopes more people will get involved, as we only have a few weeks left. He says Louisiana is third in the country, at 85 percent, for the number of registered voters and hopes everyone will get out and cast their ballots.
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The Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the case of a 1 year old child who was discovered wandering Holly Beach alone, while her parents were jogging naked 4 miles away. Sheriff Ron Johnson says when authorities responded, they noticed a Ford Explorer which had been left running a short distance from where the child was found:
Johnson says child protection services was called to assist in this case and the two parents, 32-year-old Cody Bourgeois and 35-year-old Monique Bourgeois are charged with child desertion and obscenity. Johnson says he’s not sure why the parents left the baby and started running with no clothes on but they believe drugs are involved…:
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The citizen who discovered the baby all alone and went to assist her was Chuck Pierson of Carlyss. He says the little girl was thirsty and had mosquito bites on her and finds it incomprehensible that her parents were so far away with no clothes on…:
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LSU could face Syracuse’s third, fourth and even fifth string quarterbacks in Saturday’s game at the Carrier Dome. The Orange’s starter suffered an achillies injury in the season opener and then freshman Eric Dungey suffered a helmet-to-helmet hit last week and is not expected to play against LSU. Tigers defensive coordinator Kevin Steele is more of a running team anyways
LSU’s defense has played well under its new defensive coordinator, aside from some yards and points they gave up in the second halves of both of their victories. Steele says the transition has been smooth
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UL Lafayette hosts Akron Zips this Saturday night at Cajun field. Ragin Cajuns Coach Mark Hudspeth says the Zips show a lot of looks on defense…
Akron comes into the game with a 1-and-2 record, while the Cajuns are 1-and-1. UL Lafayette is averaging just over 300 yards on the ground this season and Hudspeth expects the Zips to try and take away their running game