Saturday’s special election drew 17-percent of registered voters. Don Molino has a recap…
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In St. Landry Parish, Cleven Clark, who ran against Melville police chief Anthony Moreau, has bonded out of jail after he allegedly hit a Meville Police officer who rode past his daughter’s house with sirens going off in celebration. Clark denies hitting the officer and told a Lafayette TV station the officers were harassing his family. It’s a tradition in Melville for police to celebrate with sirens when a chief is elected.

The Saints own the number one-seed in the NFC after the Rams lost to the Bears last night and New Orleans topped Tampa Bay 28-14. The Black and Gold trailed 14-3 in the third quarter, but Coach Sean Payton says his team responded…
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Quarterback Drew Brees threw for 201 yards and had a passing and rushing touchdown.

A group of LSU faculty and students have teamed up to create a rehab program for stroke patients using an adapted guitar. Assistant Kinesiology Professor Nikita Kuznetsov (KOOZ-nets-ahv) helped to create the project after a musician and friend suffered a stroke. Kuznetsov says the guitar could be an avenue for recovery, because of the focused movements involved in strumming…
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Kuznetsov says they are testing the guitar with healthy, young adults to characterize motor learning skills and determine how people will actually interact with the device.