Public Policy Polling asked Louisiana residents who they would rather have as Governor…Edwin Edwards or Bobby Jindal. 47-percent said the former governor; 43-percent say the current governor; even with Edwards going to jail. LSU Political Science Professor Wayne Parent says the reason could be Jindal’s presidential aspirations…

CUT 7 (06) “is not”

The state-wide survey polled 11 hundred residents.

An early morning Farmerville fire in a home turned deadly Wednesday morning, as a newlywed woman died in the blaze and her husband arrested on drug charges for possession of crack cocaine. State Fire Marshal Deputy Chief Brant Thompson says 30 year-old MacArthur Gray was arrested…

CUT 11 (09) Q: “office, today”

Thompson says the couple’s electricity had been shut off Tuesday, and they were using candles for light.

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The story about the two female teachers from Destrehan High who were allegedly sexually involved with a 16-year-old male student is generating a lot of talk about societal double standards. Would we feel the same about this if the victim were female? Dave Brashear is a social worker in southeast Louisiana…

CUT 12 (12) “for boys”

32-year-old Shelley Dufrense and 24-year-old Rachel Respess are facing felony charges for what police are calling a “three way tryst.”

Another Louisiana soldier has died in combat overseas. Sgt. 1st Class Andrew T. Weathers of DeRidder died at a hospital in Germany after being wounded Sunday in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Weathers’ unit was attacked just two days after deployment.