According to HauntWorld.com, the 13^th Gate is the third best haunted house in the country. Emelie Gunn has more….

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With just over a month to go before the election, the 24 candidates in the US Senate race attempt to distinguish themselves. Halen Doughty has more…

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LSU is not heading to Florida to play the Gators this Saturday and there’s a good chance the game will never be played. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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The 13^th Gate in Baton Rouge has been ranked the third scariest haunted house in the United States, according to HauntWorld.com. Owner and Designer of the 13^thGate Dwayne Sanburn says what makes it a unique haunted attraction is that they work on it all year round. He says they are known for their realistic detail and it becomes very scary for people in October when visiting the haunted house.

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 This year the 13^th Gate will feature a flooded sewer filled with Jack the Ripper’s victims. Sanburn says visitors will encounter some of the best actors in the haunting industry during their walk through the haunted house. He says a lot goes in to putting these scary characters together.

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 The scariest haunted house in the country is the House of Torment in Austin, Texas and coming in second is the Netherworld in Atlanta. Sanburn says thousands of people from around the country visit Baton Rouge to go to the 13^thGate.

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Saturday marks one month until election days, and political experts say the US Senate race is tightening in Louisiana. ULM political science professor Dr. John Sutherlin says campaign ads are starting to roll out, but mainly on the Republican side. He says the two major Democrats in the race Caroline Fayard and Foster Campbell are working on get out the vote campaigns.

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Sutherlin says Congressman Charles Boustany is already running ads attacking State Treasurer John Kennedy. He says more attack ads will come as we get closer to November 8^th.

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Sutherlin says Early Voting begins October 25^th and that will be a critical time for the 24 candidates running for US Senate.

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The SEC announces the LSU-Florida game has been postponed because of Hurricane Matthew. LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette says they offered Tiger Stadium as a host site for the game.

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Tiger-rag-dot-com reports LSU offered its charter plane and buses to accommodate a possible relocation to Baton Rouge, as well as hotel accommodations and food. But The University of Florida was adamant that the game should be played in Gainesville and rejected LSU’s offer to host or travel elsewhere. Bonnette says the SEC will look to reshuffle some games so the LSU-Florida game happens this season, but he has his doubts.

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Bonnette says the team is disappointed the game has been postponed, but they’ll just focus on getting ready for the Southern Miss game next week. But he says cancelling this game could impact SEC title implications later this season.

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Republican Congressman Charles Boustany is outraged at an ad that he says was released by a third-party group supporting State Treasurer John Kennedy’s campaign. The ad alleges Boustany voted to send tax dollars to Iraq and Pakistan, which the commercial says are breeding grounds for terrorists. Boustany says the ad is completely untrue.

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The commercial is paid for by the ESA fund. They call themselves an organization that supports candidates who favor enhancing free enterprise, reducing the size of government and balancing our nation’s budget.  The ad also claims that one of Boustany’s biggest supporters is a company that builds weapons for Middle Eastern regimes. Boustany says the company they’re referring to is Swiftships, a company that employs 200 Louisianans in Morgan City.

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During a 12-minute conference call with reporters, Boustany went on the offensive, accusing Kennedy of raising campaign money as State Treasurer then laundered it through a Washington DC political group. He says it’s tragic that after losing previous senate races, Kennedy has to slander people to get himself a new job in politics.

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No LSU football game this weekend. The Tigers and Gators contest scheduled for Saturday has been postponed because of Hurricane Matthew. Interim Head Coach Ed Orgeron says the team is disappointed…

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Orgeron says they’ll treat the postponement as a regular open date, which will give them a chance to focus on recruiting and game planning…

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The SEC says there will be an attempt to move some games around and reschedule the game at a later date, but athletic director Joe Alleva says no one has contacted him about any schedule changes. If LSU wins the rest of its SEC games, not having this Florida game could hurt their chances of winning the West division. Orgeron says they can’t worry about that

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LSU’s next game is October 15th at home against Southern Miss.

After a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors, Northwestern State University President Dr. Jim Henderson has been appointed president of the University of Louisiana System. Michelle Southern has more…

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It’s sugar cane grinding season in Louisiana and the harvest is expected to be up from last year. Jeff Palermo has more…

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The US Supreme Court has declined to hear former-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s appeal of his 2014 public corruption conviction. Legal analyst Chick Foret says this means Nagin will have to serve out the remaining 8 years of his 10 year sentence, because there is no other court that can hear his appeal.

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Foret says it’s not surprising the Supreme Court refused to hear his case, because they only hear a few appeals every year, compared to the thousands of requests that come in. He says for the appeal to be heard, Nagin’s lawyers would have had to show there was irreversible error in the trial.

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Nagin was convicted on 20 counts of bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud, and filing false tax returns. Foret says Nagin was probably thought the nation’s highest court would hear his case after former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s corruption conviction was vacated by the Supreme Court.

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Nagin is the first New Orleans mayor to be convicted of public corruption.

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It’s officially sugar cane grinding season in Louisiana and the harvest is expected to be better than last year. General Manager of the American Sugar Cane League in Thibodaux Jim Simon (see-moan) says it’s still early in the season but there are indications that the sugar content of the cane is very good. He says the mild winter last year really helped the crop get off to a good start.

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Simon also contributes the success to good agriculture practices from farmers. He says prices are expected to go up half a cent from last year’s 24 cents a pound but…

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Sugar cane is a 3 billion dollar industry in Louisiana. Simon urges drivers on the road to be on the lookout because there will be an increased number of cane trucks on our highways.

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There are concerns that the potential damage Florida could receive from Hurricane Matthew could interfere with the federal disaster aid coming to Louisiana. But U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy doesn’t think so…

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Louisiana has already received 500 million dollars in federal disaster aid and Governor Edwards has asked for 2.8 billion. Cassidy says Hurricane Matthew is creating a heightened awareness for a need to help communities who are having problems. Hepredicts Matthew will create a heightened awareness for a need to help storm-impacted communities…

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Cassidy says Congress will return in December to discuss more financial flood relief for Louisiana and what will need to be done to help those impacted by Hurricane Matthew. He says it will be an important issues for federal lawmakers to discuss.

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Northwestern State University President Dr. Jim Henderson will become the new president of the University of Louisiana System, after the Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed him to the positon. Henderson says he’ll look to reverse the 10 year decline in state funding of higher ed.

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Henderson says Louisiana ranks 16^th out of 16 southern states for the resources available per student. He says he looks forward to working with the legislature to resolve many of the issues universities and students are facing. He added that he has healthy relationships with many Louisiana lawmakers.

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Henderson says he wants to see more student involvement at the system level to give students a voice in the policy decision making. He says he would also like to have a more hands on relationship with students throughout the UL system.

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