If you think it’s chilly out right now, just wait for tonight: low temperatures are expected to hit the 20s for most of the state, with lows in the low 30s near the coast.Good news is at least the hard freeze is not expected to stay for long. Ricks says temperatures will be out of the 20s by tomorrow afternoon.
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The high wind gusts much of the state is experiencing are also expected to die down by this afternoon.
A West Monroe woman is charged with cruelty to a juvenile after leaving her one-year-old child with strangers.  Deputies later located 28-year-old Tiera Mooney in a small wooded area not far from the residence. Springfield Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson Glen Springfield says the suspect was also charged with criminal trespassing.

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Louisiana Tech reaches its Forever Loyal campaign goal raising more than $125 million to support University initiatives. The campaign was designed to help face challenges and discover potential. Vice President for University advancement Brooks Hull says almost 70,000 gifts have been given in the campaign with well over 20,000 donors.
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Hull says the money will go toward scholarships, faculty recruitment, research and teaching grants, as well as campus building improvements.
Ten-million dollars in hurricane recovery money will go towards building new homes to replace the old FEMA trailers that have been at Camp Beauregard in Pineville since 2005. Guardsmen and their families live in these trailers and Louisiana National Guard Colonel Ed Bush says the soldiers will appreciate an upgrade…
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There are 40 trailers that are in place at Camp Beauregard.

If you think it’s chilly out right now, just wait for tonight: low temperatures are expected to hit the 20s for most of the state, with lows in the low 30s near the coast.  State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the freeze means heaters across the state will be turning on tonight, so make sure you check your smoke detector or go get one before night falls.
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Freeze warnings are in effect from the Arkansas line down to Baton Rouge.
A West Monroe woman is charged with cruelty to a juvenile after leaving her one-year-old child with strangers.  Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson Glen Springfield says witnesses say the woman, 28-year-old Tiera Mooney, was wet and holding a baby when she knocked on their door and gave them the child and began to leave.
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Louisiana Tech reaches its Forever Loyal campaign goal raising more than $125 million to support University initiatives. The campaign was designed to help face challenges and discover potential. Vice President for University advancement Brooks Hull says growth in the donor base has helped hit the goal.

Cut 7 (07) “…28% in donors.”

Hull says almost 70,000 gifts have been given in the campaign with well over 20,000 donors.

A 24-year-old woman is in Iberia Parish jail after deputies responded to a call in reference to a shooting at a home yesterday. Witnesses identified Jessica Mooney as the suspect in the shooting of 46-year-old Kenneth Broussard of New Iberia. Broussard sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was found outside of the home. He was airlifted to a local hospital in critical condition.

If you think it’s chilly out right now, just wait for tonight: low temperatures are expected to hit the 20s for most of the state, with lows in the low 30s near the coast. National Weather Service meteorologist Robert Ricks says it’s unusual for a freeze this hard to hit this early in November.

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Temperatures should rise 10 to 15 degrees by tomorrow afternoon.

A Gray Television poll puts Governor Edwards ahead of Eddie Rispone 48-46 percent and shows a significant gender gap between the two. The poll shows Edwards carrying women voters by nine points, Rispone winning men by seven. LSU Poli Sci Professor Robert Hogan expects that split to remain…

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A record 490,000 people early voted in the run-off.

Senator John Kennedy continues firing salvos at Democrats in charge of the House’s impeachment inquiry, calling the process unfair and tainted by partisanship. He says the push for the whistleblower not to have to publicly testify is an affront to the kinds of transparency this process needs.

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Democrats say the whistleblower must be allowed to remain anonymous, for the person’s safety and to ensure future whistleblowers are confident to come forward in anonymity.

LSU is expected to take the top spot in tonight’s College Football Playoffs rankings after their impressive win in Tuscaloosa. CBS Sports-dot-com analyst Jerry Palm says last week’s number one, Ohio State, is also still undefeated but lacks the Purple and Gold’s resume.

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LSU has Ole Miss up next.

A new poll has the Governor’s race at 48 percent for the Governor, and 46 percent for GOP challenger Eddie Rispone. Matt Doyle has more…

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A West Monroe woman is charged with cruelty to a juvenile after leaving her one-year-old child with strangers.  Witnesses say the woman, 28-year-old Tiera Mooney, was wet and holding a baby when she knocked on their door and gave them the child and began to leave.  Deputies later located the woman in a wooded area a few blocks away.

At the Baton Rouge Press Club, U-S Senator John Kennedy called the impeachment inquiry targeting President Donald Trump unfair. Kennedy blames Speaker Nancy Pelosi who he says is calling the shots over Chairman Adam Schiff, whose committee is leading the impeachment probe…
Cut 10 (08) “…very unfair process.”
Kennedy is concerned Pelosi will not allow Republicans to call their own key witnesses.

New college football playoff rankings come out tonight. LSU could be ranked number one after its win over Alabama and they are in a great position to make the playoffs, even with a loss. But Jerry Palm of CBS-spots-dot-com says the Tigers have a lot of incentive to keep the pedal to the floor…
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Alabama is not out of the playoff hunt, despite Saturday’s loss on their home field. It’s possible they could face the Tigers again in the C-F-P.

A new poll has the Governor’s race at 48 percent for the Governor, and 46 percent for GOP challenger Eddie Rispone. Matt Doyle has more…

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Temps are frigid in the Bayou State today.  Matt Doyle has the story.

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In a visit to Baton Rouge, Senator John Kennedy addressed the impeachment inquiry into the President. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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A Gray Television poll puts Governor Edwards ahead of Eddie Rispone 48-46 percent with five days until voters hit the polls for the run-off.

Only six percent of voters remain undecided, a number LSU Poli Sci Professor Robert Hogan says is remarkably low for a major statewide election.

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490,000 voters cast ballots in the early voting period, a record for a non-Presidential election.

The poll shows a nine-point gender gap between Rispone and Edwards when it comes to women, and a seven-point gap in favor of Rispone among men. Hogan says expect that split to remain…

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39 percent of white voters approve of the job the Governor is doing, but only 28 percent say they plan to vote for him. Hogan says the Democratic Edwards is running into major partisan opposition…

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88 percent of black voters approve of Edwards’ tenure.

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Today marks the beginning of a brutally cold stretch of winter weather in Louisiana with temperatures near freezing in the south and wind advisories and freeze warnings for parts of the north.

State Climatologist Barry Keim says a cold front has moved through the area, bringing with it an arctic blast that’s here to stay.

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Wind gusts could hit as high as 30 miles per hour in north Louisiana this morning, with widespread frost expected tonight.

Keim says it’s time to wrap the pipes, bring in the pets, and dust off your heaviest coats while we endure the first true winter weather of the season.

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Keim says don’t put those winter coats away any time soon either, because we may not see a return to warmer weather until next week.

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Senator John Kennedy continues to address the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.  While speaking in Baton Rouge Monday, Kennedy says Representative Adam Schiff’s role as the lead investigator in the inquiry is stacking the deck against fairness to the President.

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Kennedy says if the case is properly analyzed, the results will come down to whether the President had a good faith basis for believing in the possible corruption involving former Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s business dealings in Ukraine.

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Kennedy says the transparency of the whistleblower’s testimony is vital for the impeachment inquiry.

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College Football Playoff rankings are due out tonight and after their big win in Tuscaloosa LSU is hoping to slide into pole position at number one, possibly for the rest of the season.

Many Tigers fans were shocked to see Ohio State take the top position last week, despite LSU’s record against top ten teams. CBS Sports-dot-com analyst Jerry Palm says the Tigers clearly proved a point.

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Ohio State is undefeated with a number of blowout wins against teams in the Top 25, but unlike LSU, no victories against Top 10 opponents.

Alabama meanwhile takes its only loss of the season against what will likely be it’s only Top Ten ranked team of the year. Palm expects them to fall out of the race for a playoff spot this week.

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LSU could probably make the playoffs even if they lose another game this year, but Palm says the team has a lot of incentive to keep the pedal to the floor.

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LSU’s offense is the envy of nearly every team in college football after spending much of the last decade as a below-average unit. Some of the credit goes to new passing game coordinator Joe Brady, who could receive offers from other schools during the offseason. Coach Ed Orgeron is confident he’ll be able to retain Brady…

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LSU’s win over Alabama put the Tigers in a great position to make the college football playoffs. And there’s a chance they could face the Crimson Tide again in the postseason. Orgeron expects his team will stay focused on the next team…

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LSU is at Ole Miss Saturday. The Rebels are 4-and-6 and their strength is running the football. They average 247 yards rushing a game. Orgeron says his front seven will have to play well…

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The Saints are recovering from their shocking 26-9 loss to Atlanta in the Dome Sunday, and are hard at work making sure the same sloppy play that plagued them in that loss doesn’t follow them to Tampa.

Coach Sean Payton says the film from Sunday’s loss was pretty nasty, but everyone on the team has to take their medicine and correct the mistakes that lead to their season-high 12 penalties.

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The Black and Gold were hit with four Illegal Use of Hands to the Face, two False Starts, and one each of six different other penalties throughout the game.

Payton isn’t too worried about the loss though, he expects the team to bounce back nicely against Tampa this weekend because of the team’s exceptional leaders.

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Frigid weather is on it’s way to the Bayou State courtesy of an arctic blast that’s begun invading Louisiana. National Weather Service Meteorologist Patrick Omundson says the front will bring a little rain and very strong winds, with the coldest night set for tomorrow, Omundson says it’s warm today, but the rest of the week will be cold…

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Omundson says temperatures will dip below freezing along the I-20 corridor and upper 20s near the Arkansas border.

489,649 Louisianans early voted for the run-off, a record-shattering number of early voters for a non-Presidential election. JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillon expects total early voting to hit 500,000 when absentee ballots are counted, and you should see about one to 1.1 million votes when you extrapolate that out to total run-off participation…

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The Louisiana Office of State Parks wants to hear your thoughts about the state’s outdoor offerings by filling out a form on public-input-dot-com-slash-Play-OutDoors-LA. Director of Outdoor Recreation Mitchell Aleshire says filling out the survey will help Louisiana score additional federal grant money that can be used to upgrade outdoor facilities.

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The 23 question survey will be available through December 31^st.

Dozens of veterans attended a Veteran’s Day ceremony today at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Raymond Broussard, a retired marine, says military personnel appreciate the thanks they receive on this day

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There are estimated 284-thousand veterans living in Louisiana.

Unseasonable cold temperatures are on the way from a front that hits the state this afternoon. National Weather Service Meteorologist Patrick Omundson says temperatures will dip below freezing along the I-20 corridor and upper 20s near the Arkansas border…

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The coldest night is tomorrow night as temps will fall into the mid-20s in south Lousiana on Wednesday morning.

489,649 Louisianans early voted for the run-off, a record shattering number of early voters for a non-Presidential election. JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillon expects total early voting to hit 500,000 when absentee ballots are counted, and you should see about one to 1.1 million votes when you extrapolate that out to total run-off participation…

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LSU turns its attention to Ole Miss after ending an eight-game losing streak to Alabama. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Dozens of veterans attended a Veteran’s Day ceremony today at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. It was one of over 40 events taking place today to honor our living soldiers. There was a moving rendition of God Bless America…

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Dozens of veterans attended a Veteran’s Day ceremony today at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Raymond Broussard, a retired marine, says former military service personnel are treated much better than now than post-Vietnam…

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Estimates show 284-thousand veterans live in Louisiana.

Unseasonable cold temperatures are on the way from a front that hits the state this afternoon. National Weather Service Meteorologist Patrick Omundson says the front will bring a little rain and very strong winds. He says a wind advisory is in effect for the northern half of the state from tonight until tomorrow morning…

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Omundson says temperatures will dip below freezing along the I-20 corridor and upper 20s near the Arkansas border.

489,649 Louisianans early voted for the run-off, a record shattering number of early voters for a non-Presidential election.  Unlike in the primary, the early voting electorate looks a lot friendlier to Governor Edwards. 31 percent of all early voters were African American, and…
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That’s JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillon who says three of those times were during 2008 when Barack Obama was first elected President.
The Louisiana Office of State Parks wants to hear your thoughts about the state’s outdoor offerings by filling out a form on public-input-dot-com-slash-Play-OutDoors-LA.  Director of Outdoor Recreation Mitchell Aleshire says the survey will help guide future development and investment in the Sportsman’s Paradise, and they want to know…

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The 23 question survey will be available through December 31^st.

LSU turns its attention to Ole Miss after ending an eight-game losing streak to Alabama. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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A new Gray Television network poll shows Governor Edwards at 48 percent and GOP challenger Eddie Rispone at 46 percent with 6 percent undecided. The poll shows a substantial racial gap, and a significant gender gap between the two candidates. The poll also gives Governor Edwards a 54 percent approval rating.

489,649 Louisianans early voted for the run-off, a record shattering number of early voters for a non-Presidential election. JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillon says to put the 31 percent overall black turnout and the 40 percent last day of early voting black turnout in perspective…

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Couvillon estimates total turnout for the run-off to be in the low 50s.

The Louisiana Office of State Parks wants to hear your thoughts about the state’s outdoor offerings by filling out a form on public-input-dot-com-slash-Play-OutDoors-LA. Director of Outdoor Recreation Mitchell Aleshire says there’s a lot of value in the data they are capturing because it covers every kind of outdoor recreation.

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It’s about to get real cold across Louisiana this afternoon thanks to a cold front that is set to invade the Bayou State. National Weather Service Meteorologist Patrick Omundson says temperatures will be below freezing along the I-20 corridor and we’ll see some upper 20s near the Arkansas border…

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Also expect a little rain, and some very strong winds, particularly in the northern half of the state.

The Louisiana Office of State Parks wants to hear your thoughts about the state’s outdoor offerings by filling out a form on public-input-dot-com-slash-Play-OutDoors-LA. Director of Outdoor Recreation Mitchell Aleshire…

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The 23 question survey will be available through December 31^st.

LSU’s win over longtime rival Alabama will go down as one of the best victories in program history. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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