A 14-year-old boy is shot to death in Terrebonne Parish. Andrew Greenstein explains.

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The St. Tammany Parish coroner announces a warning about a widely available supplement that could prove deadly. Over the summer, a 36-year-old woman died from an overdose of a mix of drugs including the legal drug Kratom. Coroner Dr. Christopher Tape says since Kratom is readily available, people might not realize that it is lethal in excessive doses.

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In high doses, Kratom can cause seizures.

Louisiana sets a record for in-person early voting with 849,000 ballots, compared to 817,000 in 2020 and Secretary of State Deputy Secretary Joel Watson says yesterday on the last day of early voting, a single-day record was set beating the previous record of 99,000 from the last election cycle.

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Early voting statistics by parish show notable turnout, with Calcasieu Parish leading at 38,000 votes.

The Ragin Cajuns improved to 7-and-1 with a hard fought 23-17 victory at Texas State last night. U-L Lafayette is now 5-and-0 on the road and Coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-mo) gives the credit to the players

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A 14-year-old Terrebonne parish boy whose body was found in a Wooded area in Chauvin Friday has been linked to some area vehicle burglaries according to Lieutenant Blake Tabor with the Terrebonne Sheriff’s office. He says the 14-year-old was breaking into the vehicles with two other juveniles, one of whom admitted to shooting the boy.

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The Humane Society of Louisiana is offering a 500-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver who threw three German Shepherd puppies out of the window in Avoyelles Parish, killing them. HSLA Director Jeff Dorson says a driver observed what he thought was trash being thrown from the pickup truck on Highway 1185.

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Those two puppies later died their injuries.

Louisiana set a record for in-person early voting, beating its previous high set in 2020 by 32,000 votes. Sean Richardson has the numbers.

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Jeff Landry is conducting his first overseas economic development trip as governor as he’s in South Korea. The governor’s office says Landry is there to strengthen relationships with major South Korean companies currently doing business in Louisiana or considering future investment in the state. Economist Doctor Loren Scott says the cheap price of natural gas makes Louisiana an attractive place to invest…

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Today is the last day of early voting and John Couvillon (COO-vee-ahn) with JMC Analytics says while the early voting in polling places is up from four years ago, the mail-in ballots are considerably down from that time. He says he does not expect the state to reach the one-million early vote mark at the end of the day today.

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Authorities are thankful ten-year-old Brody Sturdivant of Livingston was found safe. The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service assisted Livingston parish in the search after the young boy went missing Sunday evening. Sheriff Ard says Brody was found underneath a house in a neighborhood not too far from his own.

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Ard says Brody ran away after he was punished and even though he was found safe, the investigation is ongoing.

Beginning November 1^st, The City of Tallulah in Madison Parish, will be imposing a curfew, from midnight and five a-m. City spokeswoman Yvonne Lewis says they’re taking the action due to issuesBut she didn’t elaborate. She says, if you have a reason to be out overnight, for work or emergencies, that’s okay.

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Lewis says the curfew will be in place indefinitely.

Following an all-day search that involved multiple agencies, a ten-year-old Livingston Parish boy who disappeared from his home is found safe. Sheriff Jason Ard says ten-year-old Brody Sturdivant ran away from home after being punished, and this isn’t the first time this has happened.

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Sheriff Ard says Brody was found underneath a house in a neighborhood not too far from his own.

In the Madison Parish City of Tallulah, beginning November 1st, authorities are imposing a curfew No one will be allowed on the streets between midnight and five a-m. City spokeswoman Yvonne Lewis mentioned issues as the cause but didn’t elaborate. She says the curfew will be in place indefinitely.

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Days before the curfew was announced, the principal of Madison High School ordered students to leave backpacks at home this week. Lewis said this is so that any issues that are persisting in the city do not spill over into the school community.

Jeff Landry is in South Korea for his first economic development mission trip as governor. Jeff Palermo has more…

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Today is the last day for early voting in the presidential election here in Louisiana.

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John Couvillon (COO-vee-ahn) with JMC Analytics says while the early voting in polling places is up from four years ago, the mail-in ballots are considerably down from that time. If you do not vote today, your last chance will be on Election Day one week from today at your assigned precinct.

Jeff Landry is conducting his first overseas economic development trip as governor. The governor’s office says Landry is in South Korea to strengthen relationships with major companies currently doing business in Louisiana or considering future investment in the state. Economist Doctor Loren Scott says these face-to-face visits can result in more jobs and investment in Louisiana…

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The governor’s office did not say when Governor Landry will return to Louisiana.

Today is the last day of early voting in Louisiana and this year has surpassed early voting numbers from the last presidential election in 2020 when according to the secretary of state’s office, 719,000 ballots were cast. This year, 746,000 early ballots were cast. Mail-in voting numbers are down from 2020. Election day voting is a week from today. Sample ballots, polling places and other information can be found at geaux vote dot com, of course that’s g-e-a-u-x dot com.

Later this week, people in one northeast Louisiana community will be told to be home by midnight. Andrew Greenstein explains.

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Following an all-day search involving multiple agencies, a ten-year-old Livingston Parish boy who disappeared from his home Sunday is found safe. Sheriff Jason Ard says ten-year-old Brody Sturdivant ran away from home after being punished, and he says even though the boy has been found safe, the investigation is ongoing.

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The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service assisted in the search.

Authorities are thankful ten-year-old Brody Sturdivant of Livingston was found safe. The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service assisted Livingston parish in the search after the young boy went missing Sunday evening. Sheriff Ard says Brody was found underneath a house in a neighborhood not too far from his own.

Cut 4 (07) “…to find him.”

Ard says Brody ran away after he was punished and even though he was found safe, the investigation is ongoing.

The City of Tallulah, in Madison Parish, will be imposing a curfew later this week. Starting November 1st, no one will be allowed on the streets between midnight and five a-m. City spokeswoman Yvonne Lewis says the police chief is taking the action with the blessing of the mayor and city council. She mentioned issues but didn’t define them.

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Governor Jeff Landry is in South Korea conducting his first overseas economic development trip Economist Doctor Loren Scott says the cheap price of natural gas makes Louisiana an attractive place to invest but he says the price of natural of gas is also cheap in Texas so there’s competition in attracting companies from Asia.

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According to the governor’s office, South Korea is Louisiana’s fourth largest import market and Korea is also the world’s third largest liquefied natural gas importer which includes exports from two different LNG facilities in south Louisiana.

Calcasieu Parish officials are discussing how they will honor their former director of the Calcasieu Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. Dick Gremillion (GREM-ee-ahn) passed away Saturday. Tom Hoefer (HAY-fur) with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury says Gremillion had health issues, but his passing was unexpected.

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Gremillion served the parish for 31 years, the last 28 as OHSEP director.

Work is underway on the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project in Lake Charles. Senior Project Manager Micki Meier says this will bring protection from flooding to homes and businesses in Calcasieu, Cameron and Vermillion parishes.

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Governor Jeff Landry has officially called for a special legislative session to begin next Wednesday. LaPolitics.com Editor Jeremy Alford…

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A small business group says Landry’s tax reform plan has pluses and minuses. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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In a plea deal, former state trooper Kory York has pleaded no contest to 8 counts of simple battery in the death of Ronald Greene. Kory York was originally charged with one count of negligent homicide and ten counts of malfeasance. His attorney Mike Small says while he was confident that he could have gotten an acquittal on all charges, his client did not want to take any chances.

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York was sentenced to one year probation, a one thousand dollar fine, and 160 hours of community service.

Work is underway on the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project in Lake Charles. The goal is to protect homes and businesses from flooding in Calcasieu, Cameron and Vermillion parishes. Senior Project Manager Micki Meier says part of the project involves building levies around certain properties.

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The third special legislative session of the year is set to begin next Wednesday. In addition to tax reforms, Governor Landry’s agenda includes significant changes to the judicial system, juvenile court procedures, vocational education, and property insurance. La Politics dot com editor, Jeremy Alford says by including these additional issues, Landry hopes to secure broader legislation.

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Small business groups say there are pluses and minuses for small business owners to Governor Landry’s tax reform plan. Leah Long, the state director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, says on the plus side, the proposed reduction in income taxes will ultimately mean more money than the small business owners will get to keep.

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The former director of the Calcasieu Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Dick Gremillion (GREM-ee-ahn) passed away over the weekend. Tom Hoefer (HAY-fur) with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury says Gremillion will be missed.

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Calcasieu Parish officials are discussing how they will honor Gremillion.

A former state trooper reaches a plea deal in connection with the death of Ronald Greene. Kory York’s attorney Mike Small says York pled to 8 counts of simple battery and was handed his sentence following his no contest plea.

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Small says while he was confident that he could have gotten an acquittal on all charges, but his client did not want to take any chances.

A special session on tax reform is set for November 6^th but there is more on the agenda than just tax reform.  Sean Richardson has more.

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Leah Long, the state director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, says

The state needs to lower income tax rates to remain competitive with neighboring states.

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A former state trooper reaches a plea deal in connection with the death of Ronald Greene. Kory York was originally charged with one count of negligent homicide and ten counts of malfeasance. His attorney is Mike Small.

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Small says York pleaded no contest so that it couldn’t be used against him in his civil case, which is still pending and which Small is not involved in

Calcasieu Parish officials are discussing how they will honor their former director of the Calcasieu Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Dick Gremillion (GREM-ee-ahn) who passed away over the weekend. Tom Hoefer (HAY-fur) with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury says Gremillion had health issues but his passing on Saturday was unexpected.

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Gremillion served the parish for 31 years, the last 28 as OHSEP director.

Governor Landry has officially called for Louisiana’s third special legislative session of the year. The session on tax reform and other issues will begin next Wednesday and Landry says the proposed reforms would make Louisiana more competitive with states like Florida and Texas, which do not impose income taxes. Editor of La Politics dot com, Jeremy Alford says any proposed changes passed by the legislature would change article 7 of the state’s constitution and require voter approval.

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Some say the tax reform plan has pluses and minuses. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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