You can add Stewart Cathey’s name to the list of district five U.S. House Republican candidates that also includes Gabe Firment, Michael Echols and Misti Cordell. Greg Hilburn with the USA Today Network says there’s one big question surrounding the race.

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So far, Rick Edmonds is the only declared candidate in district six.

One of the big pieces of legislation approved in the 2026 session was the bill that eliminates the inspection sticker and it will be replaced with by a QR code that will cost motorists six dollars every year, starting January 1^st. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh says the OMV will send you the sticker in the mail…

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And law enforcement is not longer writing tickets for not having an up to date vehicle inspection sticker.

The state department of transportation has raised the speed limit by 10 miles per hour on the Pineville Expressway. Motorists are now allowed to go up to 60-miles per hour. DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchanan on why it was raised…

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The new speed limit is in effect right now.

Much of Louisiana has been seeing daily rain showers, which is leaving standing water. Agricultural Commissioner Mike Strain says if you have standing water on your property, get rid of it at all costs…

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One U.S. House district’s race is getting crowded, while potential candidates in another are waiting to see what a certain someone does. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The Louisiana Supreme Court says retired Judge Robert Chaisson will preside over the criminal case against Attorney General Liz Murrill. All 12 New Orleans Criminal District Court judges recused themselves. The state supreme court has issued a stay on the case and it remains to be seen if they will allow the case to move forward.

There’s a new Louisiana law that requires agents who represent college or high school athletes in negotiating NIL deals, to register with the state.  And there’s a portal on the Attorney General’s website where they can register.  AG Liz Murril…

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A key requirement of the new law is mandatory background check and pre-registration education. Every agent applying for registration must complete the program before an application can be approved.

We’re now in the time of year when something outside is really bugging you – mosquitoes. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says this is prime mosquito season; and as such, you need to take every precaution possible when venturing outside, especially at night.

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Louisianians no longer need to get a vehicle inspection sticker, but how does the new QR code work? Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh says the QR code sticker will go in the same spot as your current inspection sticker.

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QR code stickers are not required until January 1, and Governor Jeff Landry has issued a grace period for the rest of this year, meaning you can no longer be ticketed for a missing or expired inspection sticker.

Another Republican announces his intention to run for the district five U.S. House seat. The latest is Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey. Greg Hilburn, a political reporter for the USA Today Network, says Cathey is the third Republican state legislator to enter the district five race.

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Qualifying is August 5^th to the 7 for the open primary that will be held November third.

Volunteers from Minuteman Disaster Response are in St. Landry Parish helping flood victims get back on their feet. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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FEMA has opened disaster recovery centers in St. Landry. St. Tammany and Terrebonne Parish. They are located at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library in Houma, the Towers Administration Building in Slidell and the Town of Washington Community Center in Washington.  The center in Masura at the LSU Ag Center will close on Friday.

The North Louisiana Criminalistic Laboratory found that nearly one in three tablets with legitimate drug imprints bought on the street were counterfeit. Fentanyl was the most common substance found in the fake pills. Kenton Leigh, the lab’s director of toxicology and chemistry, says any pill obtained outside of a pharmacy should be considered lethal.

Cut 6 (09) “…overdose and worse.”

Louisiana ranks among the top states in the nation for overdose deaths.

Minuteman Disaster Response is helping flood victims in St. Landry Parish. Tropical Storm Arthur reportedly flooded nearly 700 homes in Avoyelles and St. Landry parishes. One of the volunteers, Eric Burkes, says as mold starts to grow, items become more unsalvageable

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Residents who experienced damage as a result of Arthur in St. Landry, Avoyelles, St. Tammany and Terrebonne parishes can apply for disaster assistance with FEMA.

Individuals who are acting as agents and representing college and high school athletes with their NIL deals must now register with the state. Attorney General Liz Murrill says the Athlete Agent Registration Portal is now active on the A-G’s website. It’s the result of a law passed this year and Murrill says the legislation gives her office the tools to ensure those who seek to profit from athletes are held to rigorous standards of conduct.

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Murrill will have more on this new legislation as we get closer to the college and high school football seasons.

There will not be a veto session. Enough ballots were submitted electronically by legislators that the veto session was cancelled. One was not expected. Governor Landry vetoed six bills including measures to increase the compensation the state gives to a person who is wrongfully imprisoned. Landry also vetoed a bill to allow for new regulations of Atlantic tarpon fishing.

A state lawmaker has passed away. Baton Rouge Senator Larry Selders collapsed and died while attending his son’s football practice last night. The 44-year-old Democrat served in the state legislature since 2020, starting in the House and moving over to the state senate in 2025 to replace Cleo Fields Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says Selders’ was a social worker when not representing his district……

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The Colorado State hurricane forecast team is now predicting a well below normal season with nine named storms.  Senior Research Scientist Phil Klotzbach says in April they were predicting 13 named storms, in June they dropped that total to eleven and now they believe this year will produce nine named storms and that includes Tropical Storm Arthur…

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Klotzbach says they have more confidence an El Nino will reduce storm activity.

Federal assistance is now available to homeowners and renters in four parishes who suffered damage from Tropical Storm Arthur. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Here’s a story that you might only hear about in Louisiana. LDWF has cited a Eunice woman for illegally selling turtles in St. Landry Parish. Thirty-two-year-old Sydney Broussard was allegedly selling red eared slider turtles for eight dollars a piece and an alligator snapping turtle for 30-dollars. She faces up to a 350-dollar fine.

Baton Rouge State Senator Larry Selders passed away at the age of 44 from a suspected heart attack.

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Authorities have made an arrest in connection with an officer-involved shooting that happened yesterday morning DeSoto Parish. Twenty-year-old Jay Xaiver Wilson has been charged with being an in-state fugitive and resisting an officer. Very few details have been released about the shooting other than it happened on U-S Highway 171 near U-S Highway 84 in Mansfield.

Colorado State University is once again lowering its hurricane forecast for 2026. Senior Research Scientist Phil Klotzbach says the forecast now calls for nine named storms, including Arthur, four hurricanes, with one of them being a major hurricane.

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Klotzbach say an El Nino will decrease storm activity.

Residents in Avoyelles, St. Landry, St. Tammany and Terrebonne Parishes are eligible for federal assistance if their homes were damaged as a result of Tropical Storm Arthur. Flooding is the main culprit for the damage. FEMA spokesperson Nate Custer says you may be eligible for federal assistance if either your flood insurance policy does not cover all of your damage or you don’t have a flood policy at all.

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To apply, either download the FEMA app, go to disaster assistance-dot-gov, or call the FEMA helpline at 800-621-FEMA.

Elected officials and the city of Baton Rouge is mourning the death of state senator Larry Selders, who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 44 years-old. The Baton Rouge Democrat has served in the state legislature since 2020, starting in the House in 2020 and then moving over to the state senate in 2025 to replace Cleo Fields, who was elected to Congress. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says Selders’ professional job was as a social worker…

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The Colorado State hurricane forecast team has lowered its forecast again, now calling for a nine named storms, four hurricanes and one major hurricane. C-S-U researcher Phil Klotzbach says the main driver for the well-below normal hurricane forecast is a strong El Nino that’s expected during the peak of the hurricane season…

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Federal assistance is now available to homeowners and renters in four parishes who suffered damage from Tropical Storm Arthur. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Governor Jeff Landry has posted on social media the recommendations he’s made to President Trump regarding the United States’ future relationship with Greenland. Landry is the president’s special envoy to Greenland and visited the Arctic Island earlier this year. Landry says there needs to be direct shipping routes between the U-S and Greenland. Also, the U-S should expand its diplomatic presence in Greenland.

Last week, we heard from the Republican nominee in the U-S Senate race, Julia Letlow. Letlow is the prohibitive favorite in the election that will take place November third. But her Democratic opponent, Jamie Davis, rejects the notion the race has been decided…

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The Trump Administration has worked out a deal with England Airpark in Alexanderia to transform an unused military barrack into a 528-bed holding facility for migrants and unaccompanied children who are self-deporting.  Executive director of the England Airpark Authority, Ralph Hennessy, says the people will only be there a few days before a chartered flight takes them back home and in return the airpark receives money to operate…

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New data shows Louisiana leads the nation in workforce participation growth. Kace Kieschnick has more.

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Governor Jeff Landry has posted on social media the recommendations he’s made to President Trump regarding the United States’ future relationship with Greenland. Landry is the president’s special envoy to Greenland and visited the Arctic Island earlier this year. Landry says there needs to be direct shipping routes between the U-S and Greenland. Also, the U-S should expand its diplomatic presence in Greenland.