The Republican National Committee is sending more than 200 people to Louisiana to aid Bill Cassidy in the US Senate runoff election. Eric Gill has more…
===================
Chilly temperatures are here and that has firefighters concerned about an increase in home fires. Jeff Palermo has the story…
===================
After finishing third in Louisiana’s US Senate primary, retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness is is not shutting the door on another potential run for political office. Maness received over 200,000 votes in the November 4th election. He says he’d consider another run for office if he felt called to do so…
CUT 3 (09) “I’ll be listening”
Maness had the best finish of a non-politician in a Senate race in recent memory. He has endorsed fellow Republican Bill Cassidy in December’s Senate runoff election. Maness says he and Cassidy have talked about their differences and feels he is the right person for the job…
In addition to helping Cassidy when asked, Maness says he’s looking forward to spending time with his family after 19 months of campaigning. He also plans to remain active with St. Tammany Parish Republican associations…
====================
Baton Rouge PD says an active-military officer is under arrest after allegedly trying to run over her fiance while their one year old infant was in the car. Cpl. Don Coppola says 24-year-old Mictissa Moseley (mOHz-lee) was a passenger in the vehicle when she and her fiance, who was driving, got into a huge fight…:
CUT 6 (10) “also in the vehicle”
Coppola says Moseley demanded that her fiance, who is also an active military officer, get out of the vehicle. He says at that time the victim left the car and called for a ride…:(Moseley was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish prison for attempted second degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile.)
Coppola says while the male victim was waiting for a ride, Moseley returned at a high rate of speed and tried to run him over while the baby was inside the car. He says the suspect ended up crashing into a tree which caused the vehicle to catch fire. Coppola says when the blaze started, Moseley became concerned for the 1-year-old…:
=====================
The Republican National Committee has announced that they are sending more than 200 people to Louisiana to aid Bill Cassidy in the US Senate runoff election. RNC Louisiana Communications Director Ben Voelkel says these people will focus on getting out the vote…
This announcement comes just after the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee decided to pull television ads supporting incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu. Despite this, Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party, Stephen Handwerk, feels Landrieu’s numbers will rebound going into the runoff…
Voelkel says Cassidy had a great showing in the November 4th primary and they expect another very strong showing on December 6th…
CUT 11 (08) “taken the country“
Handwerk feels many people have just started paying attention to this race. He says there is a lot of support for the Senator because of what she has delivered for Louisiana…
CUT 12 (11) “in Washington, DC”
=====================
The coldest temperatures of the fall have arrived and that could result in an increase in home fires. The American Red Cross says heating sources are the second leading cause of home fire deaths, and fatal home fires increase in the winter months. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says if you use a space heater, make sure there’s a three feet area of space around it…
Browning says it’s also important to turn off space heaters before you go to bed and never use a cooking range or oven to heat your home
Browning says if you use a fireplace to heat your home, do not leave it unattended and make sure your smoke alarms are working….