A New Orleans Saint teamed up with the First Lady to deliver backpacks full of school supplies to students at a Baton Rouge elementary school on their first day back since the flood. Halen Doughty has more…:
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The final gift before he died. The wife of one of the police officers who was killed in the ambush on Baton Rouge cops on July 17th is pregnant. Dechia Gerald believes she and her late husband, Officer Matthew Gerald, conceived the child a few days before the attack.

Louisiana Economic Development is offering a contractor accreditation scholarship to small businesses with the state’s technical schools and community colleges. LED Secretary Don Pierson says the course will help new companies become licensed contractors in Louisiana, especially with the rising need after the historic flooding….:
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Pierson says courses run from October 3rd to November 9th at community and technical colleges statewide.

We may not see the presidential candidates much in the Bayou State before Election Day, according to UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross. He says Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton here substantially, so the two will likely focus their attention on the so-called battleground states…:
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Cross predicts a 15 to 18 point win for Trump in Louisiana.