In the final televised gubernatorial debate, Republican Scott Angelle told voters to check out a website that features an interview with a woman, who says she was a prostite and claims Republican David Vitter was a client of her in the late 1990s. Scott McKay, publisher of the political blog The Hayride, says he doesn’t think its an effective tactic to direct people to a website with questionable credibility…
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Angelle says Vitter’s past would cast a shadow over Louisiana that would hurt the state attract new businesses and grow the economy.

The Terrebonne Parish Coroner’s office says a fourth person has died from the October eighth explosion at the Transcontinental Gas pipeline compnay in Gibson. Three men died at the scene and two were critically injured. The fourth person to die has been been identified as 56-year-old Michael Hill of Paris. Tennessee.

The state office of Motor Vehicles has extended its hours so they can answer calls from residents who received notices about lapsed auto insurance that could result in hundreds of dollars in fines. State Police Lt. JB Slaton says if you received a letter, the number to the OMV is on the bottom…
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The OMV is taking calls from 8 AM to 8 PM, including the weekends, until the call volume drops.

Shreveport police were involved in a shooting in front of a casino this morning. Officers responded to calls from citizens about a man waving a knife at people. Shreveport police corporal Breck Scott says officers demanded that the unidentified suspect drop his weapon, but instead he charged at an officer and was shot multiple times…
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Shreveport TV stations are reporting the man has died.