According to the Secretary of State’s office, over 162-thousand people early voted during the first two days of early voting. John Couvillion with JMC Analytics says when you take a closer look at the numbers, it appears a lot of chronic voters went to the polls…
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Early voting will continue through November first, except on Sunday.

Another independent poll on the US Senate election shows a very tight race. The Market Research Insight Survey has Republican John Kennedy in first, but fellow Republican Charles Boustany and Democrat Foster Campbell are right behind him. Pollster Verne Kennedy says the state treasurer is receiving support from white democrats, but will it last until election day…
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Election Day is November 8th.

The Iberville Parish Sheriff’s office has arrested 61-year-old Tommy Francise of Plaquemine for two murders, one of them occurred in 1991 and the other in 2002. Sheriff Brett Stassi says Discovery Channel TV show “Killing Fields” helped investigators with this cold case…
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Season Two of the Killings Fields is expected to begin next month.

The Raising Cane’s River Center is now the new name of the Baton Rouge River Center in the Capital City’s downtown area. Founder and CEO of Raising Canes Todd Graves says this is a big day for his chicken finger company, which was founded near the LSU campus. Graves and his wife were on hand for the announcement…
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The Baton Rouge based food chain signed a 10-year naming rights deal worth nearly 4 million dollars.