Candidates lined up to qualify for the governor’s race today, with Eddie Rispone, who is one of two Republicans taking on Governor Edwards, opening the day…
Rispone was heading out the door as GOP Congressman Ralph Abraham arrived. Abraham says Governor Edwards’ tax increases are running people out of the state, like his daughter who works in Texas…
Governor Edwards arrived last, and brought a crowd chanting four more years along with him. Edwards says if elected, he’ll keep ensuring education gets the proper funding…
The run-off is October 12th.
Chaos and confusion in Baton Rouge today as a suspected shooting incident at the Burbank Walmart is now thought to be a false alarm, despite multiple on scene eyewitnesses telling LRN reporters that they heard a loud argument, followed by two men drawing guns, and eventual gunfire.
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux told reporters during a press conference at the Walmart later that day that shots had been fired, that one unrelated victim had been hit, and they were actively searching for another gunman. LRN reporter Brooke Thorington was at the chaotic scene…
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Authorities now believe that a panic ensued when the two men drew weapons, but that shots were never fired. They say in the panic and confusion that eyewitnesses heard things that were not real.