Another statewide poll on the US Senate race has been released that shows Congressman Bill Cassidy leading Senator Mary Landrieu in a possible December runoff election. Jeff Palermo has the story
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The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s office says an Amite Police Officer is under arrest on multiple charges of kidnapping, sexual battery and rape. Michelle Southern reports.
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Another statewide poll shows Congressman Bill Cassidy with a three-percentage point lead over Senator Mary Landrieu in a possible December runoff. Public Policy Polling has Cassidy at 48-percent, Landrieu at 45-percent. A CNN poll also had Cassidy with a three-percentage point lead. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says it is significant for two reputable polls to have Cassidy in the lead
Cross says republican attacks that claim Landrieu is out of touch with Louisiana and she’s tied to President Barack Obama are working for Cassidy. He says Landrieu needs to keep countering those claims…
Cross says the Cassidy campaign has to be pleased with the polls that show him leading a three-term incumbent…
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The federal government begins sending out refund checks to those homeowners who overpaid for their insurance premiums. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the refunds will go to those residents who purchased or renewed coverage after 2012 and paid higher premiums, until Congress passed another law to re-adjust flood insurance rates
The federal government estimates that about one-million policyholders nationwide will receive refunds that average one-hundred dollars. Donelon says in some cases, homeowners will receive a significant refund, because the Bigger-Waters Act produced significant rate hikes
President Barack Obama signed legislation last March that lowered premium increases for thousands of policyholders who saw dramatic rate hikes as a result of previous legislation approved by Congress. Donelon is glad the federal government acted and is now sending refund checks
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Today’s October 1st and so far in 2014 we’ve basically had an uneventful hurricane season. But state climatologist Barry Keim says we’re not out of the woods just yet. He says although we are past the peak of hurricane season, October can still be a pretty active month:
Keim says this is not the time to put our guard down when it comes to hurricanes, but so far it’s been an extremely quiet season. He says on average the North Atlantic Basin averages about two names storms in October…:
Keim says a great example of an October Hurricane was Juan in 1985 which Louisiana was dealing with all the way through to Halloween. He says that’s the latest hurricane we have on record in the state of Louisiana. Keim says in another couple of weeks the chances of a MAJOR hurricane developing drop considerably…:
CUT 11 (05) “hurricane threat“
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The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s office says an Amite Police Officer is under arrest on multiple charges of kidnapping, sexual battery and rape. Spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto says they got a report from a woman in August about a man who had kidnapped her, taken her to a remote location and forced her to perform sexual acts. She says they got a similar report last month…:
Panepinto says investigators identified 25-year-old Grant Carruth of Husser as the suspect. He was arrested and taken into custody after midnight. Panepinto says Carruth would pose as a narcotics agent to trick the victims…:
CUT 13 (09) “the remote location”
Panepinto says Carruth is charged with two counts of second degree kidnapping, one count of aggravated rape, one count of sexual battery and one count of theft. She says if anyone else has had a similar experience they should contact authorities…: