Alabama Republican Congressman Mo Brooks is making headlines with his campaign commercial using audio from the shooting of the GOP baseball game that injured House Majority Whip Steve Scalise.  The ad notes Brooks came to the aid of the wounded in the attack at a Virginia baseball field. Political analyst Dr. Silas Lee…

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A staffer for Scalise had said some people have different ideas about what’s appropriate.

A seven-year-old boy is dead after being electrocuted by the neighbor’s fence in Winnsboro. Franklin Parish Sheriff Kevin Cobb says the boy was playing in his front yard with his little sister and tried to retrieve a ball that went over the fence…

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Today Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand announced his retirement, as the most vocal sheriff in Louisiana will soon make the shift to radio. After spending 10 years as the sheriff of JPSO, Normand says a good leader knows when it’s time to leave. He adds good leaders also evaluate opportunities.

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Chief Deputy Joe Lopinto will be sworn in as sheriff on August 31st.

A new LSU study finds the 2017 NBA All-Star Game brought nearly 45 million dollars to Louisiana. Co-author of the report Dr. Stephen Barnes says those who attended the game spent about 14-hundred dollars per person, while visitors who didn’t attend the game spent around 800 dollars each.

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