New 5th District Congressman, Republican Ralph Abraham of Alto, was sworn in on Capitol Hill today. He will be taking over the seat previously occupied by Vance McAllister. Abraham says he’s very excited to serve…
CUT 3 (09) “our constituents”
He says one of the first items to tackle will be the Keystone Pipeline.

A Forest Hill town clerk has been arrested on 17 counts of forgery, malfeasance in officem, injuring public records and filing false public records. Thirty-one year-old Trista Goleman had allegedly been cashing money orders that were being sent in for fine payments…
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That’s Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Lt. Tommy Carnline.

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Louisiana will be chilly tonight, but nothing like the arctic blast tomorrow night. Hard freeze warnings are out, and Mike Marcotte with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles says – even though it will be very cold-he does not expect any records to be broken…
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He says these low temperatures will moderate by the weekend.

More rumors about the quarterback position for the LSU Tigers, as a Baton Rouge TV station is reporting that Ohio State QB Braxton Miller is considering transferring to LSU, after moving down on the Buckeye’s depth chart. Another rumor surrounds Notre Dame Quarterback Everett Golson…
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That’s Bayou Bengals Insider publisher Derek Ponamsky.