Two statewide poll shows Congressman Bill Cassidy with a three-percentage point lead over Senator Mary Landrieu in a possible December runoff. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Republican attacks claiming Landrieu is out of touch with Louisiana and tied to President Obama are working for Cassidy. He says Landrieu needs to keep countering those claims…

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Cross says the Cassidy campaign has to be pleased with the polls showing him leading a three-term incumbent.

An Amite Police Officer is under arrest on multiple charges of kidnapping, sexual battery and rape. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto says they got a report from a woman in August about a man who had kidnapped her, taken her to a remote location and forced her to perform sexual acts. She says they got a similar report last month…

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25-year-old Grant Carruth of Husser was arrested and taken into custody early this morning.

The federal government begins sending out refund checks to those homeowners who overpaid for their insurance premiums. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is glad the federal government acted and is now sending refund checks…

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President Obama signed legislation last March that lowered premium increases for thousands of policyholders who saw dramatic rate hikes as a result of previous legislation approved by Congress.

Today’s October 1st and so far the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season has been pretty uneventful. But state climatologist Barry Keim says we’re not out of the woods just yet. He says in another couple of weeks the chances of a MAJOR hurricane developing drop considerably…

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Keim says this is not the time to put our guard down when it comes to hurricanes.