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Like he did during last year’s special election for state treasurer, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy is picking sides again in the special election for secretary of state — by endorsing no one in particular and critiquing one person specifically.
At the same time, the developing race has picked up its second announced contender, Attorney General Public Protection Director Reneé Free, who confirmed her candidacy recently to LaPolitics.

CROWLEY — Elder Outreach and Team Mergist are combining efforts to set a Guinness Book of World Records for the “Longest Bingo Game” on record.
“While our application for the world record is still in the process of being approved, we are continuing to move forward like the true record-holders we are,” said Michele Veillon, program director for Elder Outreach. “At the close of our event, we are determined to declare victory.”

DELCAMBRE - When there is a strong south wind, it is almost a guarantee that Remy Landry Park in Delcambre is going underwater. Delcambre Mayor Pam Blakely wants to change that and she has a simple solution that is already in the works.
Her solution is build a four-foot high dirt levee around the entire park to protect it from water surge from the Delcambre canal. For years, when a strong south wind blows coupled with a high tide, the water from the canal overflows its banks onto the grounds of the park.