President Barack Obama held a town hall style meeting today at McKinley High School in Baton Rouge. Eric Gill reports…:
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Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson, of West Monroe, has announced he’s supporting Republican Ted Cruz for President in an endorsement video. Robertson says he wants a candidate that is godly, will do the job and enjoys some of his favorite activities…:
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The 9th season of Duck Dynasty premiered last night.

Governor John Bel Edwards is confident the rising Mississippi River will be contained within the state’s levee system. He praised the work of the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana National Guard in keeping the flood threat at bay. Edwards says lessons learned during the Great Flood of 2011 are really paying off now…:
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Edwards took an aerial tour of the levee system from Vidalia to Morgan City yesterday.

A rare January hurricane has formed in the Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center calls Hurricane Alex very unusual as it’s the first hurricane to form in January since 1938. Models show Alex is no threat to the US.