Authorities arrest the controversial former mayor of Sorrento on 40 counts of possessing child porn. Scott Carwile reports.

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The Department of Health and Hospitals is monitoring a New Orleans-area man for signs of the Ebola virus. DHH was informed by the Centers for Disease Control that the individual had just returned to the state from an Ebola-impacted country. Health officials say the man is at low risk and are monitoring him out of an abundance of caution.

Secretary Of State Tom Schedler says, so far, there’s been good participation in the early voting period for the Novemeber 4th election. Saturday will by far be the biggest day of early voting so you can expect long lines at the polls and Schedler encourages voters to take an important step to help move things a long…

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Voting locations will be closed on Sunday and the last day to early vote will be Tuesday.

The gubernatorial primary election in Louisiana is now one year away and things have been relatively quiet in the race. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says you should really see the gubernatorial race kick off after Mardi Gras…

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He says it’s not surprising that this race is laying dormant since we’re in the middle of Senate and Congressional races across the state.