17:30 Newscast October 23, 2014

The controversial former Mayor of Sorrento was placed under arrest on Thursday after officials say they found child pornography inside his residence. Attorney General Criminal division director Kurt Wall says they obtained a search warrant for the home of 41-year-old Wilson Longanecker Jr….:
CUT 13 (10) “obstruction of justice”
The later charge for allegedly trying to delete evidence on his computer.

Republican State Senator and 6th District Congressional candidate Dan Claitor’s mother has died following a weekend crash. State Trooper Jared Sandifer says it happened Saturday on Airline Highway near Prairieville when 80-year-old Nancy Claitor switched lanes to make a legal U-turn in front of a pickup truck pulling a trailer…:
CUT 12 (11) “pulling that trailer”
Mrs. Claitor passed away last night.

Out of the 2.9 million voters who are registered for the November 4th election, there are about 1.8 million white voters, which could be a problem for incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu according to political analyst Bernie Pinsonat.
CUT 8 (05) Q: “presently doing”
He says there are about 919 thousand registered black voters, plus about 93 thousand more independent voters than there were 6 years ago.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says a man is under arrest for DWI number three after cops caught him driving drunk on his lawnmower. Major Mark Wood says one of the deputies spotted 67-year-old Ralph Carroll of Boyce riding a red lawnmower on state Highway 121 attempting to elude law enforcement by driving into the woods…:
CUT 9 (10) “odor of alcohol”
He says Carroll was found to be well over the legal limit and was charged with third offense DWI.