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.

Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden criticizes Governor Jindal’s trip to the US-Mexico border. After the trip, the governor blamed the Obama administration for not doing more to keep illegal immigrants out of the US. Holden, who plans to run for Lieutenant Governor, says Jindal should worry about Louisiana’s issues…

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Holden made his comments on the Jim Engster Show on WRKF.

The Plaquemine Parish Sheriff’s office says they are investigating an industrial incident at Daybrook Fisheries in which two men, 28-year-old Manuel 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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Both men remain hospitalized in stable condition.

Flying Tiger Aviation, a flight school based in northeast Louisiana, has announced a massive expansion that will create a contemporary flight training center at the Bastrop airport for aerial applications in agriculture and other industries. Owner Mo Rolfs says the expansion project will create 21 new direct jobs and retain 14 existing jobs…

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He says his company will construct more hangar space and expand the tarmac at the Bastrop airport.