The Louisiana gubernatorial primary is three months from today and things have been relatively quiet on the campaign front. Scott Carwile has more…
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Emergency crews from throughout the state say they’ve responded to hundreds of calls about children locked in cars this summer. Michelle Southern reporting…:
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Three people are dead and nine others injured after a man opened fire inside a Lafayette movie theater. Jeff Palermo has the story….
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Louisiana’s gubernatorial primary election is three months from today and things have been relatively quiet on the campaign front. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says although the campaigns are definitely working behind the scenes, he’s surprised by the lack of visible activity…
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Cross says much of the work the campaigns are performing right now center around fundraising, social media, and e-mail blasts. He says, at this point in the race, Republican US Senator David Vitter and Democratic State Representative John Bel Edwards seem poised to make the runoff…
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Cross expects see a little more activity in this race beginning next month. Qualifying for the gubernatorial election begins September 8th and Cross says you can expect things to get going after that…
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Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne has sent a letter to Governor Bobby Jindal asking that he reimburse taxpayers for the cost of having State Police provide security for him during his out-of-state campaign travels. LSU Political Science professor Robert Hogan…
It’s unlikely Jindal will follow through with Dardenne’s request. A spokesperson for the governor says the safety of Jindal shouldn’t be used as a political issue. Hogan says Jindal has received a lot of flack for his traveling and Dardenne is trying to capitalize…
Hogan says all the gubernatorial candidates are trying to gain more name recognition with the election coming up and this is a good way to do it.
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Emergency crews from throughout the state say they’ve responded to hundreds of calls about children locked in cars this summer. Curt Monte with the Baton Rouge Fire Department says the heat index has reached triple digits in recent weeks and leaving your kid in a car comes with potentially deadly consequences…:
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Monte says in East Baton Rouge Parish alone, since May 1st, there were over 80 calls made about children who were alone in a vehicle. He says they are releasing these numbers to encourage people to slow down…:
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Monte says most of the calls stem from minor incidents, but they want to remind parents to remain vigilant. He says in these temperatures if a child is locked in a car, action should be taken immediately to get them out even if the vehicle is running…:
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Three people are dead and nine others injured after a patron inside a movie theater in Lafayette opened fire on other customers during a showing of the newly released film “Trainwreck.” Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft says one of the deceased victims is the shooter, who he described as a white male in his 50s
The police chief described the weapon as a handgun. Craft says seven people were wounded. He describes their injuries as non-life threatening to critical. He says they know the identity of the shooter, but not releasing it, as they try to find out more about him
Governor Bobby Jindal arrived shortly after the shooting and asked for Louisiana residents to pray for the victims.
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Some of the top high school football players in the nation are on the LSU campus this weekend for what is known as LSU’s Elite Prospect Camp. Derek Ponamsky, publisher of Bayou Bengals-dot-com says headlining the talent is quarterback Feleipe Franks, who is committed to sign with LSU next year
Some of the guys attending this camp are players who LSU would like to be part of the 2016 recruiting class that’s currently ranked as the best by 24-7 sports. Next year’s class already has 17 commitments and Ponamsky is not expecting a bunch of new additions in the coming days
Ponamsky says this kind of a camp allows the coaches to evaulate high school prospects up close…