A recent survey by the National Retail Federation shows a record number of Americans will buy Halloween costumes this year. Scott Carwile reports…

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A State Trooper saved the life of a 73-year-old Deridder man while investigating a minor two vehicle crash in Beauregard Parish. Derwood Causey suffered a heart attack as Trooper First Class Ronnie Picou was working the accident. Picou administered CPR to Causey for 8 minutes before being relieved by medical personnel. Causey was transported to a Lake Charles hospital and at last report is expected to recover.

Planning to fly for the Holidays this year? Well, expect to dig deeper in your pocket for that airline ticket. Thanksgiving flights are up 17 percent from last year and Christmas flights have gone up 2 percent, according to Expedia-dot-com. Travel expert Dale Irvin says, if you want to save, that it’s usually cheaper to travel on the exact Holiday…

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Irvin says over 20 million people are expected to fly from now through December.

We’ll get to see a partial solar eclipse today. Louisiana Tech Astronomer Lee Sawyer says the partial eclipse will still be going on even after the sun sets in Louisiana around 6:30…

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He says the maximum point of eclipse should be just before 6PM.