A vet checks on Casper the Camel at the I-10 Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete today after a Florida woman admits to biting his testicles. Jeff Palermo has the story
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A post-gubernatorial debate poll shows Governor Edwards is getting closer to avoiding a run-off, and there’s been a big shakeup on the GOP side of the race. Matt Doyle has more…
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Teddy Bridgewater showed he is more than a capable backup to Drew Brees as he led the Saints to a 33-27 win over the Seahawks in Seattle yesterday. Bridgewater threw for 177 yards and two TD passes and he benefited from a touchdown by the Saints special teams and defense…
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It’s an emotional victory for Bridgewater, who nearly saw his career come to an end because of a devastating knee injury during training camp in 2016. Since then he’s been traded twice, but kept telling himself before the game he’s a winner…
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A Florida woman bit the testicles of a camel at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete after she found herself under the animal. Truck stop manager Pamela Bossier (Bo-shay) says the woman and her husband entered the enclosure to retrieve their dog when the encounter went south.
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Security camera footage shows the couple were throwing dog treats at the camel when their unleashed dog ran into the camel’s enclosure.
The initial inspection of the camel’s scrotum did not show any teeth marks or tearing of the flesh, but Bossier says a witness says there is a reason for that, adding a vet is going to examine the animal further.
Bossier says the camel, named Caspar, is usually a pretty nice animal.
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An independent, post-first debate poll shows Governor Edwards has gained ground, and Eddie Rispone has jumped Ralph Abraham as the top polling Republican.
JMC Analytics Pollster John Couvillion says Edwards sits at 46 percent because Democrats are coming home to the governor, while white independents are starting to warm up to him as well…
It’s the first time an independent poll shows Rispone over the Congressman. Couvillion says the Baton Rouge businessman’s 21-18 percent lead over Abraham is evidence of two things…
Rispone launched an attack ad against Abraham for comments the Congressman made about the President in 2016. He also continued the attack at the debate.
Couvillion says the latest results have moved the likelihood of a run-off from high to a tossup. In a tight race it could all come down to minority voter turnout.
12 percent remain undecided, but of those 12 percent, 48 percent say they are leaning Edwards.
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Today is the first day of Fall, but it doesn’t feel like it, as its hot and humid. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the Climate Prediction Center predicts we’ll continue to see above-normal temperatures during the fall months, while rainfall totals should be normal, which is not a lot
Keim says we’ll have to wait until October before that first significant cold front comes through.
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Keim says it’s not going to feel like fall anytime soon
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The three main candidates for governor appeared at today’s Baton Rouge Press Club. Republican Eddie Rispone once again made the case that the state needs a conservative, political outsider in order to become a better state to live in
Fellow GOP candidate Ralph Abraham says he wants to put more money in the taxpayers pocket and that’s the biggest difference between him and the governor
Edwards says the state’s economy is the largest it’s ever been and 10th fastest growing in the country. He says under his administration, the state’s finances went from deficits to surpluses
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