Early voting begins today at your parish’s Registrar of Voters Office or at other designated locations. A special election for Secretary of State, Congressional races, six constitutional amendments and a question on whether to legalize fantasy sports betting highlights the ballot.

At $1.6 billion, tonight’s drawing for the Mega Millions is not only the largest jackpot for the multistate lottery game, it’s also the largest lotto jackpot in US history. Kevin Barnhart has more…
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Avery Island in Iberia Parish has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Avery Island is where world famous Tabasco Sauce is made, but McIlhenny Company President and CEO Anthony Simmons says the island also features pre-historic Indian burial grounds and exotic plants and that’s not all….
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Simmons hopes the designation will increase tourism to the island.

The National Retail Federation says spending is slightly up for Halloween as they are projecting Americans will spend a total of $9 billion on the holiday. NRF spokesperson Ana Serafin Smith says the spending breaks down to just shy of $90 per person.
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The N-R-F says witches, vampires and zombies top the costume lists.