Investigators have discovered that the Eunice mother who shot her two daughters then herself purchased the gun nine days in advance. Emelie Gunn has more….
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LSU Coach Les Miles says on his radio show that he can’t imagine running back Leonard Fournette sitting out next season so he’s healthy for when he’s eligible to be drafted in 2017. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Investigators have learned that the Eunice mother who shot her two children then took her own life, while also setting her home on fire, purchased a hand gun nine days before the double murder suicide. Deputy Chief with the state Fire Marshal’s Office Brant Thompson says the autopsy results came back confirming their suspicions.
Thompson says the mother, 39-year-old Carla Watford, carefully planned out this murder and legally purchased the .38-caliber hand gun along with 50 rounds of ammunition. He says they don’t believe anyone was aware Watford bought the gun.
Thompson says investigators found a multiple page document when they arrived at the scene. He says Watford left a note trying to explain why she did this horrific thing.
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A recent poll of Louisiana voters on the presidential race, paid for by The Advocate and WWL-TV, shows Governor Bobby Jindal receiving only three-percent support from state Republicans. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says this has to be disheartening to Jindal…
The poll, conducted by Clarus Research Group, shows Ben Carson leading the Republican field with 23-percent followed by Donald Trump at 19-percent. Cross feels Carson’s message hits home with voters since Louisiana is a particularly religious state…
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Hillary Clinton leads the Democrat field in Louisiana with 57-percent support. The survey revealed that Jindal would lose in a hypothetical presidential matchup to Clinton in Louisiana. But Cross feels that, if the the election were actually between Jindal and Clinton, Jindal would come out on top in Louisiana…
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According to records from the National Weather Service, this September will go down as one of the driest for north Louisiana. Senior Meteorologist Jason Hansford says Shreveport Regional Airport recorded only 0.07 inches of rain during the entire month, which just surpassed the previous record set in 1994.
Hansford says the drought is having a big impact on agriculture and creating fire issues. He says burn bans are in place for almost every parish in north Louisiana.
Hansford says we’re going to keep relatively low humidity throughout the next week. He says unfortunately relief from the dry air isn’t expected any time soon.
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State Treasurer John Kennedy announces that audits of life insurance company policies have found $35 million that should have been paid to Louisiana residents. He says insurance companies often do not make concerted efforts to locate beneficiaries or heirs after a policy holder dies. Kennedy says they began doing these audits back in 2009…
Kennedy says, so far this year, claimants have received $2.6 million from these life insurance policy audits. He says many times family members do not know these policies exist. Kennedy says this has been a very successful program…
He says his office tries to locate these beneficiaries when they discover an unpaid policy, but you can search online at LATreasury-dot-com to see if you are owed any money. Kennedy says when a life insurance company learns of a policy holders death, they should actively seek out the beneficiaries and heirs of that person…
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