AM Newscall September 1,2015

The first negative commercial of the governor’s race has hit the airwaves. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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A data compiling website called RoadSnacks has put together a list of the “Most Redneck Cities in Louisiana” and Shreveport is number 1. Michelle Southern reports…:

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LSU football is teaming up with The Head Health Network to study how impacts to the head effect players.  Emelie Gunn has more…

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Today a Federal judge is set to hear the case of Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against Governor Bobby Jindal over his decision to cut their Meicaid payments at clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Court documents showed this week that the US Justice Department is siding with the organization. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat…:

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The DOJ says they haven’t seen “sufficient reasons” to keep Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast from receiving funding. The Jindal Administration says they planned to cancel the Medicaid contract starting today after secret videos surfaced which they believe show Planned Parenthood officials talking about selling fetuses. Pinsonat doesn’t think governors can just pull out of federal programs like this…:

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In a statement, Planned Parenthood says Jindal’s decision will jeopardize health care for low-income, uninsured women and men. Pinsonat says whether you like federal programs or not, Louisiana is tied to most of them and you don’t have a choice but to comply…:

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Louisiana’s governor’s race has its first negative commercial. It comes from a super pac supporting Senator David Vitter. The 30-second TV ad criticizes Vitter’s republican opponents, Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne, for supporting tax increases. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says the commercial comes at a time when Angelle is showing signs of gaining support….

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It’s been a quiet governor’s race as we are less than two months away from the October primary. Stockley says he figured it would get more heated around the Labor Day holiday…

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Stockley says the other candidates also have super PACs, so he expects them to become more active now that the front-runner in the race has fired the first shot…

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A data compiling website called RoadSnacks has put together a list of the “Most Redneck Cities in Louisiana” and Shreveport is number 1. Rounding out the top five are Westwego, Mandeville, Slidell and Cut Off respectively. RoadSnacks co-founder Nick James says they started with the dictionary definition of redneck…:

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The article says the list is an opinion based on facts and is meant as “info-tainment.” James says an example of scientific data they used on the list included number of high school graduates in that particular city. He says the stereotypical categories on where rednecks might live in Louisiana were things like the number of Dollar Stores…:(You can check out the full list online at roadsnacks.net.)

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James says many of the cities in Louisiana topping the list are places you might see deer horns on the hood of trucks and people attending church in cammo. He says so far they haven’t heard anybody in The Bayou State upset with their city ranking so high on the list…:

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The LSU football team and the Head Health Network are partnering up to study how impacts to the head effect players. H-H-N President Curtis Cruz says LSU is on the forefront for creating new technologies to prevent head injuries and the study will equip 24 players’ helmets with sensors to monitor impacts.

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Cruz says this is so important because it allows us to learn what’s really happening and it’s difficult to observe from afar and to understand the effect of a big hit. He says science is just now coming to terms with what is significant as far as a critical threshold and accumulation of smaller hits.

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Cruz says this study gives the training staff a much better handle on how to treat concussions. He says LSU has been proactive before and the Head Health Network is trying to improve the process by which LSU protects its players.

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UL Lafayette and ULM begin their season on Saturday by visiting SEC schools. The Ragin Cajuns, who return ten starters from last year’s nine-win team, will be at Kentucky, who went five and seven lasts season. Coach Mark Hudspeth says he’s anxious to see how his first-time starters will perform inside Commonwealth Stadium…

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The Cajuns will have a new starter at quarterback, cornerback and along the defensive line. Kentucky has a first year offensive coordinator in Shannon Dawson. Hudspeth says Dawson was previously at West Virginia, so they have an idea on what they’ll see on Saturday, but they are also preparing for a few surprises…

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The Warhawks are at Georgia. The Bulldogs also have a new offensive coordinator in Brian Schottenheimer. ULM Coach Todd Berry wishes they had a preseason game to look at, so they would have a better idea what to expect from Georgia…

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The Georgia game is the first eight road games for the Warhawks. They’ll also be at Alabama on September 26th. Berry admits he doesn’t have much control over scheduling, because the university needs the income from playing the big-time programs

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17:30 LRN Newscast Sept 1

Governor Bobby Jindal continues to poll low in the latest Republican presidential surveys. A Monmouth University poll gives him just 1 percent support of Iowa Republican caucus voters. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the fact that Jindal is a sitting governor could be hurting him…:
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He says you can expect Jindal to remain in the race at least through the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.

State Police say a crash in Tangipahoa Parish has claimed the life of a bicyclist. Trooper Dustin Dwight says the unidentified cyclist was traveling on the US 190 Tangipahoa River Bridge late Monday night…:
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Authorities are working to determine the victim’s identity, the driver that hit the bike has not been cited.

The state department of health and hospitals says they have found a brain-eating amoeba in another water system in Louisiana. This time the amoeba was located in the North Monroe Water System, which serves the town of Sterlington. It’s the fourth water system to test positive for the deadly amoeba. Officials say the water is safe to drink, just don’t get it up your nose.

Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs says the current state of the industry in Louisiana is not pretty. He says the declining prices of crude oil has caused the Oil and Gas industry to hit record lows in several areas in the past year. Briggs says the number of working drilling sites in the state has taken a huge hit…
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US crude oil prices fell $3.79 today to $45.41 a barrel in New York. That led to Exxon Mobil’s stock falling four percent.

16:45 LRN Sportscast

LSU coach Les Miles has settled on a starting quarterback for the season opener against McNeese State. Miles says both Anthony Jennings and Brandon Harris showed great progress during training camp and he wouldn’t hesitate to play both quarterbacks but ultimately, Harris will be starting on Saturday.
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Kick off on Saturday is at 6:30. Senior right tackle Vadal Alexander says he’s been telling the young guys what to expect when they play their first game in Tiger stadium….
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In the Sun Belt, the league has officially added Coastal Carolina to the league. Coastal Carolina will begin playing football in the Sun Belt in 2017.

By three o’ clock, the Saints had to reduce their roster to 75. Among the players released…wide receiver Nick Toon, cornerback Terrence Frederick, and outside linebacker Ronald Powell, who was a fifth round pick last season. The Black and Gold also traded wide receiver Jalen Saunders to New England for a conditional draft pick. Saunders is not needed, because of the emergence of Marcus Murphy as a kick returner.

Former Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel will make his first start for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs this Saturday as they host Southern. Driskel is looking forward to the opportunity…
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Kick-off on Saturday is at 6 PM.

16:30 Newscast, September 1st, 2015

The state of the oil and gas industry in Louisiana isn’t pretty. That’s according to Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs. He says not only is this meaning massive layoffs, but every dollar drop in the price for crude oil equals a $12.5 million loss to the state budget..:
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He says there are only 71 oil and natural gas drilling sites in Louisiana, down from 116 a year ago.

A super PAC which supports Republican David Vitter for governor has launched an ad campaign which attacks GOP oppoents Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne and Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle. The 30 second ad, which is running in Shreveport and Monroe, criticizes Dardenne for his support of the Stelly Plan and Angelle for supporting the requirement of companies to collect state sales tax on online purchases.

The latest Republican presidential polls in Iowa show Governor Bobby Jindal rounding up very little support. Eric Gill reports…:
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The Shreveport Police Department says they are searching for answers in the case of the discovery of charred human remains which were found in a burning vehicle around 2am near I-49. They say firefighters extinguished the blaze and located human skeletal remains inside the Chevy Avalanche. Authorities are conducting interviews and searching missing persons reports. Investigators have not ruled out foul play in the matter.

15:30 Newscast September 1,2015

Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs describes the current state of Louisiana’s oil and gas industry as not pretty. Briggs says there are only 71 oil and natural gas drilling sites in Louisiana, down from 116 a year ago. He says just nine drilling sites are in operation in South Louisiana. Briggs says the drop in production means a loss of jobs…
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He says it’s unclear when the industry will rebound.
The latest Republican presidential polls in Iowa show Governor Bobby Jindal rounding up very little support. A Monmouth (mon-muth) University survey shows Jindal receiving one-percent of Iowa Republican caucus goers support, while a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll shows him with two-percent. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says this has got to be discouraging for Jindal’s campaign…:
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Pinsonat adds Jindal does have a few months left to generate some excitement around his campaign and move up in the polls.

State Police are working to identify a bicyclist who was fatally struck from behind by an SUV on the US 190 Tangipahoa River Bridge late Monday night.. The Victim was thrown from her bicycle and pronounced dead at the scene. Trooper Dustin dwight says this is a reminded to always keep safety in mind when riding a bicycle, especially at night
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Dwight says the driver of the SUV was found not to be at fault.
LSU coach Les Miles has settled on a starting quarterback for the season opener against McNeese State. Miles says both Anthony Jennings and Brandon Harris showed great progress during training camp and he wouldn’t hesitate to play both quarterbacks but ultimately, Harris will be starting on Saturday.
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Kick off on Saturday is at 6:30

14:30 Newscast, September 1st, 2015

In the first week of USA Today’s new 2016 GOP Power Rankings, Governor Bobby Jindal comes in at No. 13. Jindal is back in Iowa campaigning these week but polls there don’t show him with much support either. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says you can expect Jindal to remain in the race at least through the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary…:
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In a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll, Jindal’s favorability was within the top 5 candidates which could be an indicator that the governor should be able to improve his standing in the Republican field.

State Police say a two vehicle crash in Tangipahoa Parish has claimed the life of an, as yet, unidentified bicyclist. Trooper Dustin Dwight says the victim was wearing dark clothing and they don’t believe the driver of the vehicle that struck the bike is at fault..:
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He says they continue to work to identify the victim.

Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs says the current state of Louisiana’s oil and gas industry is not pretty. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office announced today they now have a more narrow search on a suspect in the 2009 murder of a 19 year old teenager whose body was found in Moss Bluff. They say the suspect is believed to be a white male, according to new DNA technology, with green or blue eyes.

 

LRN PM Newscall September 1

The latest Republican presidential polls in Iowa show Governor Bobby Jindal rounding up very little support. Eric Gill reports…

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Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs says the current state of Louisiana’s oil and gas industry is not pretty. Emelie Gunn has more…

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The latest Republican presidential polls in Iowa show Governor Bobby Jindal rounding up very little support. A Monmouth University survey shows Jindal receiving one-percent of Iowa Republican caucus goers support, while a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll shows him with two-percent. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says this has got to be discouraging for Jindal’s campaign…

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In the Bloomberg poll, Jindal’s favorability was within the top 5 candidates which could be an indicator that the governor should be able to improve his standing in the Republican field. But Pinsonat says the fact that Jindal is a sitting governor could be working against him…

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He says Jindal has a few months left to generate some excitement around his campaign and move up in the polls. Pinsonat says you can expect Jindal to remain in the race at least through the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary…

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Les Miles says he’s doing fine after visiting the hospital, he just had a little too much coffee after not having it in his diet for a few months. Miles missed his weekly press conference on Monday but returned to campus in the afternoon for a successful practice.

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LSU’s first home game is Saturday against McNeese State. Miles says McNeese is a very quality football team and they have some skilled receivers and running backs. He says the Tigers are looking forward to playing another Louisiana team in Death Valley after finishing the last season on the road.

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Miles says both Jennings and Harris showed great progress during training camp and he wouldn’t hesitate to play both quarterbacks but ultimately, sophomore Brandon Harris will be starting on Saturday for the McNeese game.

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State Police say a two vehicle crash in Tangipahoa Parish has claimed the life of a bicyclist. Trooper Dustin Dwight says the unidentified cyclist was traveling on the US 190 Tangipahoa River Bridge late Monday night…

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He says the bicycle was not equipped with proper safety equipment and the rider was wearing dark clothing when struck from behind by an SUV. The victim was thrown from her bicycle and pronounced dead at the scene. Dwight says this is a reminder to always keep safety in mind when riding a bicycle, especially at night…

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Authorities are working to determine the victim’s identity. Dwight says investigators found the driver of the SUV, 24-year-old Kateria Edmon of Hammond to be not at fault…

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Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs describes the current state of Louisiana’s oil and gas industry as not pretty. He says the declining prices of crude oil has caused the industry to hit record lows in several areas in the past year. Briggs says the number of working drilling sites in the state has taken a huge hit…

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He says it’s unclear when the industry will rebound. Briggs says there are only 71 oil and natural gas drilling sites in Louisiana, down from 116 a year ago. He says just nine drilling sites are in operation in South Louisiana. Briggs says the drop in production means a loss of jobs…

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He says it’s estimated that over 150,000 jobs have been lost in the industry nationwide since the crash began late last year. Briggs says continued low oil prices could not only lead to major layoffs but more state budget cuts, as well. He says every dollar drop in the price for crude oil equals a $12.5 million loss to the state budget…

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13:30 Newscast, September 1st, 2015

Governor Bobby Jindal doesn’t appear to be doing so hot at this point in the latest Republican presidential polls. A Monmouth University poll gives him just 1 percent support of Iowa Republican caucus voters. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat the fact that Jindal is a sitting governor could be hurting him…:
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He says you can expect Jindal to remain in the race at least through the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.

State Police say a crash in Tangipahoa Parish has claimed the life of a bicyclist. Trooper Dustin Dwight says the unidentified cyclist was traveling on the US 190 Tangipahoa River Bridge late Monday night…:
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He says the woman on the bike was wearing dark clothing and had no lights or reflectors. Authorities are working to determine the victim’s identity.

Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs says the current state of the industry in Louisiana is not pretty. He says the declining prices of crude oil has caused the Oil and Gas industry to hit record lows in several areas in the past year. Briggs says the number of working drilling sites in the state has taken a huge hit…
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He says it’s estimated that over 150,000 jobs have been lost in the Oil and Gas industry nationwide since the crash began late last year.

After a “precautionary” hospital visit Monday, LSU Head Coach Les Miles says he’s fine and just had too much coffee. He says they are ready for the first game of the season against McNeese State and look forward to playing another Louisiana team in Death Valley…:
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12:30 Newscast, September 1st, 2015

The latest Republican presidential polls in Iowa show Governor Bobby Jindal rounding up very little support. Eric Gill reports…
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We’re continuing to follow the developing situation in north Louisiana as a shooting has been reported near Grambling and the suspects are at large. There are few details available at this time, but Louisiana Tech’s tweeting that police are searching for the suspects north of their Ruston campus. Authorities did say the shooting did not happen on a school campus.

LSU Head Coach Les Miles says he’s doing fine after visiting the hospital — adding he just had a little too much coffee after not having it in his diet for a few months. Miles missed his weekly Lunch With Les press conference on Monday but returned to campus in the afternoon for practice…:
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LSU’s first home game is Saturday against McNeese State and Miles says Brandon Harris will be the starting quarterback.

The American Automobile Association says the current statewide average for a gallon of regular is $2.16. That’s almost 25 cents less than the month before.

 

11:30 Newscast, September 1st 2015

The latest Republican presidential polls in Iowa show Governor Bobby Jindal rounding up very little support. A Monmouth (mon-muth) University survey shows Jindal receiving one-percent of Iowa Republican caucus goers support, while a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll shows him with two-percent. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says this has got to be discouraging for Jindal’s campaign…:
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Pinsonat adds Jindal does have a few months left to generate some excitement around his campaign and move up in the polls.

There’s reportedly been a shooting in Grambling and cops are investigating what’s said to be an incident between a male and female. No injuries have been reported, but apparently the Grambling Police Department, State Police and the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office are using a helicopter in search of the male suspect. Louisiana Tech was put on notice as the man was reportedly headed toward Ruston…but campus is not on lockdown. We’ll have more on this situation as it develops.

In the case of Planned Parenthood’s federal lawsuit against Governor Bobby Jindal over his decision to cut their Medicaid payments at clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the US Justice Department is siding with the organization. Court documents show the DOJ has not seen “sufficient reasons” to keep Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast from receiving funding. A federal judge is set to hear the case tomorrow.

It’s Voter Registration Week which is designed to get residents to make sure they’re ready to hit the polls for fall elections…:
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