Last night’s Senate debate between Democratic US-Senator Mary Landrieu and Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy was a little heated. The incumbent began by addressing the allegations claiming Cassidy was “double billing” by getting paid by the LSU Health Sciences Center for work he did not perform. Landrieu says there is no record of the work…

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Cassidy says the claim that he wasn’t working at the LSU hospital while he was working in Congress is completely false.

Oil prices are down to 70-dollars a barrel and it’s not good for the state’s budget because it means lower revenues from severance taxes and mineral royalties. Chief economist for the Louisiana Fiscal office, Greg Albrecht, says if oil prices don’t rebound, state leaders will have to reduce future spending even more…

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Albrecht says the Revenue Estimating Conference will likely meet again next month to assess the situation.

Analysts are reporting there’s a chance gas prices could drop below $2 a gallon in Louisiana. Scott Carwile has more…

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The Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office says an 85-year-old Pollock woman, who was mauled by stray dogs last week, has succumbed to her injuries. Bobbie Chevallier was attacked by dogs last Wednesday as the was taking out the trash from her home. Authorities say there were no witnesses to the attack and Chevallier was found by a neighbor’s boyfriend later that day. Deputies have caught 15 stray dogs for testing since the attack.