6:30 LRN Newscast November 3

Polls are open for Election Day and voters have until 8 PM to cast their ballots on a range of topics from the Presidential contest to sports betting. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin expects a voter turnout between 69 to 71 percent including early votes and mail-in ballots….
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Senator Bill Cassidy is seeking to win re-election tonight but faces 14 challengers.

A federal judge has handed down a 25-year sentence to a south Louisiana man who admitted he burned down three predominantly African-American churches in Port Barre and Opelousas during a ten-day span in the Spring of 2019. Holden Matthews plead guilty to four counts and faced up to 70 years. Legal analyst Tim Meche…
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Matthews gets 18 months credit for time served.

A proposition to allow sports betting by the parish is on the ballot. Brooke Thorington has more.
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