According to the Federal Election Commission, “Duck Dynasty” family member Republican Zach Dasher has raised the most campaign cash among the candidates for the 5th District Congressional seat. Scott Carwile reports…
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus will be in Louisiana today to try to boost black voter turnout with the focus of helping Senator Mary Landrieu’s campaign. Michelle Southern reports.
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The Fighting Tigers of LSU are back in Death Valley tomorrow night as they host the Kentucky Wildcats. Michelle Southern reports.
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According to the Federal Election Commission, “Duck Dynasty” family member Republican Zach Dasher has raised the most campaign cash among the candidates for the 5th District Congressional seat. Dasher has raised over $500,000 through the third quarter. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says this shows Dasher’s popularity among individual donors…
Much of the cash raised by fellow Republican candidates Dr. Ralph Abraham, Harris Brown, and incumbent Vance McAllister was their own. Stockley says Dasher is benefiting financially from the “Duck Dynasty” association…
He says the four leading Republican candidates in this race have very equal levels of spending. Stockley says although McAllister probably remains the favorite among the Republicans, nothing is guaranteed with less than three weeks to go…
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Public Service Commission member Foster Campbell says he’ll call for an investigation into whether or not aging Entergy infrastructure caused extra damage in Ouachita Parish after a tornado blew through Monday. But he says the utility company did a great job getting the power restored to the more than 35,000 who were in the dark…:
Campbell says he commends those people in the area where the EF2 tornado hit for being so courteous and patient in the aftermath of the storm…:(Entergy says their goal is to have all lights back on by 5pm today.)
Campbell says he also commends the efforts of Entergy for their hard work and quick, cautious response to this disastrous situation. He says it’s been heart warming to see the people in Ouachita Parish doing what they can to help the 600 workers…:
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus will be in Louisiana today to try to boost black voter turnout with the focus of helping Senator Mary Landrieu’s campaign. The 42 member caucus of Democrats say they are pushing Landrieu hard because they want to keep control of the Senate. Louisiana Black Caucus Chairwoman Katrina Jackson…:
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Jackson says the Congressional Black Caucus will be in New Orleans and Baton Rouge through Monday and possibly visit Alexandria. She says they will be encouraging voters to push the button for Landrieu, Congressman Cedric Richmond and 5th Congressional District Candidate, Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo…:
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Jackson says national and local Democrats are spending upwards of $700,000 for get-out-the-vote efforts in the state. She encourages residents to greet these United State politicians well…:
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There’s been another sexual student/teacher incident. The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s office says a woman who teaches at Crowley High is under arrest for allegedly being inappropriately involved with some of her students. Spokeswoman Maxine Trahan says they received an initial report about 34-year-old Tracy Marie Barras of Duson in early October…:
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Trahan says they were contacted by officials with the Acadia Parish School board about possible inappropriate behavior…:
Barras was booked this week into the Acadia Parish jail on $60,000 bond. Trahan says after an investigation they were able to obtain a warrant for the arrest of Barras…:
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The Fighting Tigers of LSU are back in Death Valley tomorrow night as they host the Kentucky Wildcats. The purple and gold are coming off an exciting win at Florida and will be looking to keep that momentum going into Saturday’s game. Tiger Rag Editor Robert Stewart says this should be a close game…:
Stewart thinks LSU should come out on top because it is a home game that will be filled with excited Tiger fans, but since the Bayou Bengals have struggled so much on defense it will probably be a closer game than many people think. Leonard Fournette is coming off his best game of the season and Stewart says you can expect another nice performance out of the running back…:
The Kentucky game begins a three game home-stand with Ole Miss coming in next weekend then Alabama on November 8th. Coach Les Miles says Anthony Jennings will start at quarterback again. Stewart says you can expect to see the Mad Hatter putting Jennings in the same safe situations he had him in the Florida game…: