The U.S. Senate runoffs are rapidly approaching, and Secretary of State Nancy Landry has some important information for you. She reminds no-party voters that whichever party’s ballot they cast in the May 16th primary will be the one they will cast in the runoff.
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Those wishing to cast the other party’s ballot will need to register with that party, but the deadline to change party affiliation is tomorrow.
The Louisiana Peach Festival is this weekend in Ruston. The Peach Festival is one of the oldest agricultural festivals in the state, and Experience Ruston President Tori Davis says Ruston has gotten pretty good at doing all things peach. She says if you can think of a food, they can find a way to put a peach in it.
The New World screwworm has been found in Texas, so what does that mean? Jeff Palermo has the story.
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We’re getting word of another inmate who died in custody. This time, it’s an inmate in Morgan City. Police there say 43-year-old Hilton Hebert the Third suffered a medical emergency while in custody back on May 30th. Hebert’s death is in addition to two inmates who died at the state penitentiary in Angola within days of one another.