We’re just 39 days away from the closed party primary; but if it was up to Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, we wouldn’t be having them at all. Nungesser strongly prefers the open primaries that have traditionally been used in Louisiana, and he says the vast majority of voters agree with him.
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Nungesser says after this year’s closed primaries, he will work to return Louisiana to the open primary system.
It’s a new day in Melville as the St. Landry Parish community is overhauling its 60-year-old water system. The city’s outgoing water system was built on deteriorating pipes and a single overworked well, and Mayor Caretta Robertson says it was costing the town lots of money to keep it suitable for consumption.
Oak Grove basketball star Caroline Bradley has committed to play for Kim Mulkey and the LSU Lady Tigers. Colleen Crain has the story.
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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.