As the November 8 election draws closer, more and more candidates for US Senate are taking their campaigns to the airwaves. State Treasurer John Kennedy aired his first commercial during last night’s Saints game. Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics.com says it was unusual that the ad was a full 60 seconds…:
CUT 12 (11) “stay on TV”
Alford says the commercials are helping candidates introduce themselves to voters, many for the first time.

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association says it will be up to schools and school districts on how they plan to handle national anthem protests. The LHSAA says there were multiple incidents by schools and fans this past Friday. They said after consulting with their lawyers it was determined that any and all decisions related to individuals or team expressions during the National Anthem is up to the individual schools.

Bayou Country Superfest announces the 8th annual music festival with be held in New Orleans at the Mercedes Benz Superdome over the 2017 Memorial Day Holiday. Producer and Director of the Superfest Quint Davis says the three-day concert will start with a free and open to the public concert on Friday, May 26th in Champions Square. He says they want this to be the new country superfest in every way…:
CUT 9 (08) “had before”
The lineup and ticket details will be announced on December 1st.

Denham Springs officials say about 45 percent of flooded structures in their city evaluated by FEMA are been deemed substantially damaged. FEMA inspectors evaluated 2,729 residential and commercial structures in the city and found 1,222 had sustained damage estimated to cost 50 percent or more of the structure’s value to repair.