November 4th qualifying begins in about a month and it’s shaping up to be an interesting election year. Most polls show the long serving incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu and Baton Rouge Congressman Bill Cassidy in a head to head heat. There’s also the 6th Congressional district race featuring 86-year-old former Governor Edwin Edwards. LSU Political Science Professor Dr. Wayne Parent says Edwards will most certainly make the runoff…:
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Qualifying begins August 20th.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s office says they are investigating the death of a 66-year-old woman from Sulphur who was found in her home Sunday. Investigators feel Pamela Parker had been dead for a couple of days and though there are no suspects at this time and cause of death is not being released, the case has been ruled a homicide.

The stalemate over Common Core and what assessment tests should be used in public schools could lead to legal action soon. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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A Shreveport researcher has a grant to help produce a potentially cancer preventing gum. Dr. Cherie-Ann Nathan, with the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, was awarded a $50,000 grant from the LSU System’s LIFT2 Program. Nathan says the gum would contain curcumin which is believed to have cancer-preventing qualities. She says once the gum is manufactured, they will enroll 16 healthy volunteers for a clinical trial…:
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A man from northwest Louisiana was arrested Sunday for reportedly causing a disturbance and battery of a customer at a gas station in Calhoun after smoking synthetic marijuana. Witnesses report 52-year-old Ricky Lyn Addy of Shreveport said he was spreading the word of God and yelling and cussing and battering customers. He was booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center.