The Secretary of State’s office is warning of scammers trying to collect voter information through phone calls.  The callers would get in touch with potential victims and ask for information in order to register to vote or to receive an absentee ballot.  Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin…

Cut 7 (07) “…do nefarious things.”
A 50-year-old Meshell Hale of the town of Slaughter is headed to trial in Baton Rouge facing First Degree Murder charges in the death of her boyfriend Damian Skipper who she allegedly poisoned to death with barium in 2015. And that may not be the only barium poisoning Hale is eventually linked to. New Orleans Police are investigating the death of her husband Arthur Noflin, whose charred remains were found in the back of a burned out truck in 2016. Hale was in line to collect 750,000 dollars of insurance money in that case. Moore says they’re on the case.
Cut 15 (11)   “…to investigate.”

With recent trade negotiations having disrupted the usual shipping lanes for soybeans as well as a higher yield from farmers, storage silos are full and Louisiana farmers are having issues finding places to store their crops before they can be shipped. Congressman Ralph Abraham says among the suggestions he’s presented to the USDA, he says it may be time to reach out to private farmers of other crops to use their empty storage facilities.

Cut 5 (08)  “…offload them all.” 

Abraham says if this isn’t resolved quickly, the consequences could be dire. China usually buys 60 percent of U-S soybeans, but heavy tariffs on the crop have kept them from going to Asia.

A Bossier Parish School Board member and two others have been indicted on federal charges related to unlawful distribution of anabolic steroids. Michael Mosura, the District 5 rep on the Bossier school board is facing one count of conspiracy related to the distribution of anabolic steroids.  Morusa was elected to the school board in 2002 and is currently running for re-election unopposed.