Two new polls on the governor’s race show Democrat John Bel Edwards leading Republican David Vitter with 10 days to go before the election. Eric Gill reports…:
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Early voting for the November 21st runoff continues today. As of this morning, there were 119-thousand early votes, compared to 88-thousand for the same time period in the primary. John Couvillon of JMC Analytics says the turnout for the runoff should be higher than the primary…:
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Early voting ends Saturday.

A new study out of Reading University finds drinking one to three glasses of champagne a week can aid in preventing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Dr. Jeff Keller with LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center says grapes and other plants contain these micro-nutrients which help to ward off predators in nature and apparently your memory as well…:
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The Alzheimer’s Society has stated that while the results were interesting, a lot more research needed to be done.

State Police Col. Mike Edmonson reportedly met with a judge in Marksville today about the gag order in place related to the case of a 6-year-old boy who was shot and killed. Apparently State Police wants to know exactly what the parameters are. Meanwhile, Avoyelles Parish Sheriff Doug Anderson says paperwork issues are delaying the release of 23-year-old Norris Greenhouse, Jr. on a $1 million bond. Greenhouse is one of two officers charged in the death of 6-year-old boy Jeremy Mardis. Greenhouse’s father was arranging to post a property bond for his son, but they are still working out details.