The early voting period for the December 6th runoff election began Saturday and Secretary of State Tom Schedler says turnout on day one was good. He says on the first day of early voting for the November 4th election, about 28,000 voters came out but this past Saturday they had almost 45,000….:
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He predicts about a 35% overall voter turnout. The last day to early vote is this Saturday but polls are closed Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

Governor Bobby Jindal announce ClearEdge Wholesale Glass will invest $2.65 million dollars to renovate a 41,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Baton Rouge and relocate their current smaller operations in New Orleans. He says ClearEdge will create 120 new direct jobs at the new facility with an average salary of nearly $40,000 a year plus benefits.

The famous Natchitoches Christmas Festival of Lights is officially underway. The 300,000+ lights were turned on for the first time on Saturday and will twinkle every night at dusk through January 6th of next year. Madi Ackel is this year’s Miss Merry Christmas. She says Natchitoches is always special, but this is the highlight of the year…:
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Downtown attractions include carriage tours through the historic district and all shops and restaurants will be open late. The 88th Annual Christmas Festival and parade happens December 6th.

Sports fans are still buzzing over former LSU Tiger Odell Beckham’s one-handed touchdown grab in last night’s game between the Giants and Cowboys. But it wasn’t enough as Dallas won to move into a tie into first place with Philadelphia.