A telephone robo-poll of 660 likely voters finds the governor’s race a virtual tie with 49-percent of the respondents supporting Governor John Bel Edwards and 49-percent who say they plan to vote for Republican challenger Eddie Rispone. Edgewater Research pollster Doctor Edward Chervenak …
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Polls are open on Saturday from 7 AM to 8 PM,

Former K-K-K leader and state representative David Duke’s name has been thrust into the governor’s race. An ad supporting Edwards compared Rispone to Duke. We spoke with Duke and he says his 91′ gubernatorial platform has been adopted by many Republicans and that’s not a bad thing…
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Bogalusa is now home to the 50 bed Woodlake Addiction Recovery Center, which could help over 1,000 patients annually in one of the areas hardest hit by the opioid epidemic. Bogalusa Representative Malinda White says Washington Parish has a ten times higher rate than the national average of babies born with addiction.
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The treatment center also adds 50 more worker to the area.

A new reports finds Louisiana has one of the lowest five-year survival rates in the nation at 17-center. LSU pulmonary critical care professor of medicine Doctor Stephen Kantrow says detecting lung cancer early is the key. He encourages longtime smokers to get an annual C-T scan…
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An early stage diagnosis can often be treated with surgery and has a much higher survival rate at 58%