A complaint has been filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics, urging them to look into allegations whether Republican Bill Cassidy violated House rules and federal law for receiving compensation from the LSU health system that he didn’t perform. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says ethics complaints and politics go hand and hand sometimes…:
CUT 12 (11) “even up the score”
The Democratic party and Senator Mary Landrieu are making a big deal over these accusations.

State Police has teamed up with the Office of Motor Vehicles to implement the “Parents Supervised Driving Program”, an effort to prevent teen motor vehicle crashes through education and awareness of teen driving restrictions. The program provides parents with more information so they can do a better job with their teens while they have their learner’s permit

Former Democratic Governor Edwin Edwards and political newcomer Republican Garret Graves debated for the first time last night in the 6th Congressional District runoff. Graves says Louisiana needs to look forward, not back…:
CUT 6 (10) “out of the way”
Edwards says Louisianians need someone who knows their way around Washington. The Former Governor said it was a lie that Graves was endorsed by The Sheriff’s Association.

State Police report two elderly people are dead after a crash in Tensas Parish Tuesday. Trooper Michael Reichardt says 95-year-old Ralph Cooper of Newellton drove into the opposite lane of traffic and crashed into a Mack truck loaded with gravel head-on. He says officers spoke to a witness to the crash who was driving behind Cooper’s truck…:
CUT 10 (07) “that Mack truck”
90-year-old Jewel Lee also of Newellton also died in the crash.