According to the Secretary of State’s Office, 222,000 Louisianians cast an early ballot for Saturday’s election. Jeff Palermo reports…
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LSU announces Mike the Tiger won’t be attending anymore home games in Death Valley, at least for the rest of this season. Michelle Southern reports…:
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According to the Secretary of State’s Office, 222,000 Louisianians cast an early ballot for Saturday’s election. That’s about 14,000 less than participated in last November’s election. Pollster John Couvillon feels the lower early voting turnout shows a lack of public interest in the governor’s election…
Basing this election’s early voting numbers on historical trends, a 45 to 50 percent voter turnout is expected for the election. Couvillon says low voter turnout typically favors Republican candidates…
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A breakdown of early voting numbers show that 71-percent of participants were white, while just 27-percent were black. 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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LSU announces Mike the Tiger won’t be attending anymore home games in Death Valley, at least for the rest of this season. Ginger Gutner, with the LSU Vet School, says they tried something a little different in order to get Mike VI into his trailer for the McNeese State game, but it didn’t work a second time…:
Gutner says, this way, everyone can enjoy Mike the entire day on game days since they won’t have him in the back trying to get him into the trailer. She says anyone who visits Mike’s dwelling knows that he likes to sleep by the windows up front around people, so she doesn’t think the big crowds are keeping him from the games…:
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. But Gutner says they can’t force this giant tiger to do anything and they will reevaluate the matter next season…
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry announce the arrest of a man who is accused of intentionally setting fires when he worked as a volunteer firefighter in 2010 and 2011. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says the suspect faces six counts of simple arson…
They say 22-year-old Justin Murphy of Jonesboro confessed to setting small grass fires while he was a volunteer member of the Jonesboro Fire Department. Strain says Murphy’s confession came while he was being questioned about another fire in north Louisiana last week…
He says Murphy has not been charged in the Liberty Hill fire. Bond was set at $90,000. Strain that wildfires are something investigators take quite seriously…
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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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Strain says investigators believe that after the breakup from a 20-year relationship, Gary Harris talked King into coming back to their house on September 20th to talk about how they were going to divide their property — and it was there that he murdered her. He says the story is disturbing..:
Gary Harris is charged with second degree murder and Ray Harris accessory after the fact. Strain says they believe after Gary Harris murdered King, he moved her body to the car, which was found burned out, several weeks later. He says the steps the Harris brothers took to cover this up are appalling…:
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