It’s a tight race for governor, according to a new poll that shows 2 percentage seperating Republican US Senator David Vitter and Democratic Amite Representative John Bel Edwards. In the Attorney General’s race, incumbent Republican Buddy Caldwell and Democratic Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy are in a dead heat with 30-percent each…
CUT 14 (08) Q: ‘a chance’
That’s Triumph Campaigns President Justin Brasell

A man wanted for a New Roads double homicide is now being accused for the shooting death of a Deputy U.S. Marshal in Scotlandville. The suspect is 31 year-old James D. Croom. He was sent to the hospital, while Thirty year-old Deputy Marshal Josie Wells was also transported, where he later died.

It’s being reported that the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks have finalized a trade sending tight end Jimmy Graham to Seattle, and giving the Seahawks for center Max Unger and a first-round pick.
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According to a new General Social Survey, 32-percent of Americans either own a firearm or live in a household with firearms, which ties the record low of 2010. But, Wade Duty, co-owner of Precision Firearms in Baton Rouge, says it’s a bit misleading since the population has increased, and the people surveyed may have not told the truth about owning a gun…
CUT 10 (08) Q: ‘protective measures’
He says his says are up about 11 percent from the same month last year.

There are several cities in Louisiana that have been listed by a personal finance company as the best cities to retire…
CUT 8 (06) Q: ‘as well’
That’s SmartAsset Managing Editor A.J. Smith, who says Covington and Mandeville are listed at the top of the Louisiana list.