The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office says two brothers are under arrest in connection with the murder of Nanette Me’Shell King whose dead body was found in a burned car near Sun. Sheriff Jack Strain says the victim’s ex boyfriend, 53-year-old Gary Harris, allegedly murdered her — and his brother, 64-year-old Ray Harris, helped him cover it up…

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Gary Harris is charged with second degree murder and Ray Harris with accessory after the fact.

The Secretary of State’s Office reports that 222,000 Louisianians cast an early ballot for October 24th’s election. A breakdown of early voting numbers show that 71-percent of participants were white, while just 27-percent were black. Pollster John Couvillon says the low percentage of black voters participating in early voting can have an impact on the number of voters hitting the polls Saturday…

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A 45 to 50 percent voter turnout is expected for the election.

LSU says Mike the Tiger won’t be attending anymore home games, at least for the rest of this season. Ginger Gutner, with the LSU Vet School, says they can’t force this giant tiger to do anything and they will reevaluate the matter next season…

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Mike VI didn’t make any games last season, and in 2013 he was only at three and some fans aren’t happy this tradition isn’t being honored.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry announce the arrest of 22-year-old Justin Murphy of Jonesboro who is charged with six counts of simple arson for intentionally setting fires when he worked as a volunteer firefighter in 2010 and 2011. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says Murphy’s confession came while he was being questioned about another fire in north Louisiana last week…

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He says Murphy has not been charged in the Liberty Hill fire.