On Friday and Saturday customers can save two percent on the state sales tax during the annual sales tax holiday. Byron Henderson with the state department of revenue says the savings will apply to the first $25-hundred of the purchase price of each eligible items.

Cut 10 (12) “state sales tax”

The tax break does not apply to meals at restaurants, services, or vehicles.

A West Monroe man appears on tonight’s episode of Naked and Afraid after spending time in the Belize wilderness with no clothes, food, or water. Dustin Campbell says until now, he never swam with a crocodile or tried the bizarre foods the Belize forest had to offer.

Cut 5 (10) “they’re nasty”

The episode airs tonight on Discovery Channel.

The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the biggest one ever measured…

Cut 23 (31) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

US Senator John Kennedy sent a letter to East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston-Broome about misuse of federal dollars. Kennedy says the BRAVE funds are meant to reduce crime and support police, but instead they’re going to people like Arthur Silky Slim Reed, who recently said justice was served when a gunman killed three police officers. A spokeswoman for Mayor’s Office said the mayor received the letter and “will be in communication with the senator.”