Early voting for the October 24th election begins Saturday and runs through October 17th. Eric Gill reports…
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In an effort to make South Carolina feel at home, LSU’s Tigerband will play U-S-C’s fight song on Saturday. Emelie Gunn has more….
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State Police and the Louisiana Department of Transportation team up to relay info about traffic conditions on social media and smart phone apps. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Early voting for the October 24th election begins Saturday and runs through October 17th, excluding Sunday. Secretary of State spokesperson Meg Casper says early voting is becoming quite popular among voters…
Early voting will be available from 8:30AM to 6PM daily at registrar of voters offices across the state and other select locations. Casper says there’s a lot on this ballot in addition to the governor’s, lt. governor’s, and attorney general’s races…
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She says you can go online to geauxvote-dot-com to find out where to vote and what’s exactly on your ballot. Casper expects early voting for this election to be busy…
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State Police announces they will use the Louisiana Department of Transportation’s website, twitter accounts, and smart phone app to relay information about traffic crashes, congestion and roadway construction. Trooper Dustin Dwight says L-S-P currently uses the Nixle alert system to provide notifications but now they’ll work even more closely with D-O-T-D to give traffic updates.
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Dwight says State Police and DOTD are teaming up to give drivers a more unified message about what’s going on in your specific region. He says drivers can see real time traffic updates on the “Way to Geaux” app, which is available in the iTunes App store and Google Play.
Dwight says DOTD has eight twitter accounts for different regions across the state to give the most current updates. He says motorists can additionally receive quick access to traffic conditions by visiting 511-L-A-dot-ORG. (511LA.org).
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To make South Carolina feel as much at home as possible when playing in Tiger Stadium, LSU’s Golden Band from Tigerland will play U-S-C’s fight song tomorrow. LSU Band Director Roy King says the Tiger Band is full of talented musicians and hopes they can play it as well as U-S-C’s band performs it.
King says we’re going to play South Carolina’s alma mater, “We Hail Thee Carolina,” during the pregame show before the LSU alma mater. He says the Tiger Band felt this was an appropriate gesture considering the circumstances.
King says they’re excited to get the chance to plan for an extra home game. He says many students in the Tiger Band had plans to visit family or be out of town but every member agreed to play in Tiger Stadium on Saturday.
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Three people are dead and two others seriously injured from an explosion and fire at the Williams Partners’ natural gas facility in the Terrebonne Parish town of Gibson. State Police spokesperson Evan Harrell says the workers were performing maintenance on the facility, which was not operational at the time and did not have gas flowing through the system…
Harrell says the two workers who were seriously hurt are now in the care of doctors who treat burn victims…
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Harrell says prayers go out to the victims…
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Instead of boarding a plane today, the LSU football team will play in Tiger Stadium tomorrow against South Carolina. The Gamecocks are headed to Baton Rouge because of severe flooding in the Columbia, South Carolina area. LSU Coach Les Miles is glad to play another home game, but doesn’t believe its the one advantage that will carry them to victory…
LSU is coming off a 44-22 win over Eastern Michigan, but the Tigers passing game didn’t look good. Miles says the wide receivers have been motivated in practice this week to get better…
Miles is hoping for a big crowd at Tiger Stadium, even though fans only had a couple of days to make plans….
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The Saints will visit Philadelphia on Sunday to take on the Eagles. Both teams are 1-and-3 and who ever losses this game, will likely not make the playoffs. New Orleans running back CJ Spiller is expecting an intense battle
Saints Coach Sean Payton says Philadelphia’s up tempo offense makes it difficult to substitute, so that’s a concern going into this game…