Today kicks of early voting for the December 8th election. The Secretary of State’s office says there are 134 candidate runoffs in 47 parishes.

John Couvillon of JCM Analytics says the Shreveport mayoral race is one high profile election heading to a run-off, plus there are other local races…

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A judge handed down a 105 year prison sentence to a man convicted of putting a pipe bomb that detonated under a couple’s bed.

56 year old Douglas Holley would be over 160 years old if he manages to live long enough to serve the 105 year sentence issued by Bossier Judge Parker Self on Friday.

Holley turned down a plea bargain of 40 years imprisonment after conviction in August for two counts of attempted first degree murder of Tracy and Robert Hewlett and other charges.

According to the Associated Press, Holley planned vengeance on Robert Hewlett, a veterinarian, for the death of Holley’s horse due to a terminal case of colic.

The Hewlett’s own the Holly Hill Farm Equestrian Center.

The couple may have escaped the 2015 explosion because of the husband, Robert Hewlett getting out of bed extra early due to him being jet lagged from his trip to Australia.

Thousands of 2016 Louisiana flood victims continue to wait for President Donald Trump to sign a waiver so they can be eligible for disaster aid.

Flooded homeowners who took out Small Business Administration disaster loans remain ineligible for grant dollars, because of the federal government’s duplication of benefits policy.

Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says he’s heard from the White House that this issue should be resolved shortly.

He hopes so, because it’s incredibly frustrating.

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Tonight marks the 45th anniversary of the Bayou Classic football game set to take place on the Super Dome.

The annual sports event has Grambling State University Tigers going head to head with the Southern University Jaguars.

Although these two historically black college and universities are based in Louisiana, they have a world wide fan base.

The ‘2018 Bayou Classic Battle of the Bands’ presents a dynamic half time showdown between the marching bands with a fierce rivalry among the musicians, dancers and associated performers that take the field when the teams pause for half time.

The  scheduled kick off today at 4 pm.