4:30 PM Newscast

Tickets are in high demand for the Auburn/LSU game.  LSU’s third top-ten matchup of the season is sold out and the only way to get into Tiger Stadium is buy getting tickets from the secondary market.  StubHub spokesperson Erin Exum says this is a game of national and international demand.

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There are about 5000 tickets up for grabs on StubHub right now.
A woman claims Carencro Police broke the wrist of her autistic 28-year-old son Derrick and has filed a lawsuit against the department.  Police Chief David Anderson says his officers are trained to deal with mental patients the best that they can.

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The mother says she believes the officer-involved went too far when dealing with her son.
The Poor People’s Campaign is touring through Louisiana this week, aiming to mobilize more activists to join their national push for elected leaders to address poverty and adopt their “Moral Agenda”.

Louisiana Tri-Chair Omari Ho-Sang says at least 50 percent of Louisiana residents are considered poor or low-income, and they’re hoping to mobilize more of them to become politically active…

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The campaign has visited Shreveport, and St. James Parish, and is scheduled to visit Baton Rouge next week.

Police are hunting for a white vehicle that is suspected to have struck and killed a Monroe teenager in a hit and run incident in Monroe Tuesday evening. Monroe Police Detective Reggie Brown is asking for the public’s help in identifying the vehicle and it’s driver. High school sophomore Ashley Dorsey died in the crash. Brown says there’s limited information available as to how it occurred.

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