Governor John Bel Edwards officially launched his re-election campaign with a video message to voters. The main theme is that he says Louisiana is better than it was when he took office in 2016, when he inherited a two-billion dollar plus budget deficit…
cut 3 (11) “…600-million dollars”
Edwards is facing two announced Republican challengers, Congressman Ralph Abraham and Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone.

Three people are dead, including a two-year-old child after a pickup truck ran off the road into Bayou Lafourche in Golden Meadow. State Police Senior Trooper Jesse LaGrange says it happened shortly after midnight last night on LA 308 and the driver, 37-year-old Michael Barthelemy of Galliano overcorrected…
cut 6 (06) “…escape it”
Two-year-old Trisha Barthelemy of Galliano and 17-year-old Zackary Cheramie of Golden Meadow also died in the crash.

The man who was elected mayor of the Town of Ball last fall, and then disqualified from serving due to his criminal conviction when a new constitutional amendment was also approved, is challenging that decision in appellate court. Roy Hebron, who was convicted for FEMA Fraud in 2011, unseated the incumbent. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says even though he ran before the amendment went into effect…
Cut 7 (09) “…public office.”

If you are still frustrated with the refs in the NFC Championship game, Haydel’s Bakery in New Orleans has created a cookie called the no-ref cookie. Head ref Bill Vinovich’s face is displayed prominently on the front of the confection, and Haydel says taking that first bite might make you feel a bit better about the Burglary on the Bayou…
Cut 14 (07) “…vengeance there”