A New Orleans-area man, who recently traveled to an Ebola-infected country, is being monitored by the Department of Health and Hospitals. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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DHH reports that two more people are being monitored for symptoms after returning from an Ebola infected area. That brings total number of people being monitored in the state to four.

Nonfarm jobs increased in seven of Louisiana’s eight metro areas over the year ending September 30th. Baton Rouge lead the way with 11,500 new jobs followed by New Orleans, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Shreveport/Bossier City, Houma, and Monroe.

A deputy with the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office has been arrested for allegedly using his badge to have sex with prostitutes. Baton Rouge Police Department Corporal L Jean McKneely says Deputy Florian Deutsch would inform the prostitutes he was a police officer and if they had sex with him, he would not arrest them. The West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office fired Deutsch when notified about the arrest. McKneely says Deutsch was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison…

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The BRPD received a tip that Deutsch was meeting a prostitute at a hotel Thursday and that’s when they made the arrest.

ULM will play its first home football game since September 27th when they take on Texas State tonight in Malone Stadium. The Warhawks are 2-and-1 in the Sun Belt and in the middle of the pack in conference standings. Quarterback Pete Thomas says winning the conference and playing in a bowl game are two goals that are still within reach…

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The Warhawks are 3-and-3 on the season, but rank last in the Sun Belt for points per game.