Democratic incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu agrees to participate in four televised debates before the November fourth election. The first one will be in New Orleans October second. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says debates usually don’t help a candidate, but they can sometimes have negative consequences…

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No word if Republican challenger Bill Cassidy will participate, while Tea Party candidate Rob Maness says he’ll be at the first three for sure.

The Plaquemine Parish Sheriff’s office says they are investigating an industrial incident at Daybrook Fisheries in which two men, 28-year-old Manual Hernandez and 30-year-old Raymond Carrasgquillo, got trapped in some equipment. Spokesman Commander Eric Becnel says each man had severe mangling to their legs as the drum they were trapped in was similar to a huge washing machine with blades…

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The investigation is ongoing.

Flying Tiger Aviation, a flight school based in northeast Louisiana, has announced a massive expansion that will create a contemporary flight training center for for aerial applications in agriculture and other industries. Owner Mo Rolfs says their school has grown so much they needed to expand and there is already a training facility at the Bastrop airport…

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Rolfs says at the Bastrop airport, the company will construct 20,000 square feet of hanger space and a 150,000 square foot expansion of the tarmac.

Saints Owner Tom Benson left practice in an ambulance after reportedly having trouble breathing because of the high altitude in West Virginia. He was taken to a local hospital to receive oxygen. Team officials say the 87-year-old is fine.