Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser is once again advocating for the return of open primaries for all races in Louisiana. Nungesser says closed primaries do not yield a representative government.

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Nungesser says general election voters are usually left with a choice of two extremists.

It’s a new day in Melville as the St. Landry Parish community is overhauling its 60-year-old water system. The project is being supported by a grant of more than four-million dollars from the USDA’s Rural Development Program. Mayor Caretta Robertson says she’s excited that the city will finally be getting a modern, safe water system.

Cut 8 (10) “…my words out.” (laughs)

Oak Grove basketball star Caroline Bradley has committed to play for Kim Mulkey and the LSU Lady Tigers. Colleen Crain has the story.

Cut 1 (34) “…I’m Colleen Crain.”

Will Wade is not the only former LSU head men’s basketball coach returning to the program. Wade has tapped his immediate predecessor from his first stint, Johnny Jones, as one of his assistants. Wade has also named former Mississippi State and Western Kentucky Head Coach Rick Stansbury as his associate head coach.