The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness activates its Crisis Action Team to monitor Hurricane Dorian.
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Two high school students from Summerfield, who State Police say were not wearing seat belts, were killed in a two-vehicle wreck last night on Louisiana Highway two in Claiborne Parish. Trooper Brent Hardy says 17-year-old Tony Singleton of Haynesville was the driver
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Singleton and his 15-year-old passenger Dequez Neal died, while the driver of the other vehicle, sustained minor injuries.
Caddo Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrested a California man in Shreveport for his part in a texting scam that resulted in over 100-thousand dollars being stolen from numerous bank accounts. Sheriff’s office spokesperson Cindy Chadwick says authorities circulated the picture of 39-year-old Dennis Busch to local businesses. Busch was arrested after a drug store employee spotted him.
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An independent poll shows Governor Edwards’ support has slipped and is now within the margin of error for potentially having to go into a run-off. Edwards sits at 52 percent in the latest survey from Verne Kennedy.On the GOP side, Congressman Abraham’s early name recognition put him ahead of Eddie Rispone, but Rispone has caught up, and UL Lafayette Poli Sci Professor Pearson Cross says that means Abraham needs to run more ads.