Good morning, Slidell.

Entergy will offer a one-time $100 electricity credit to eligible Louisiana customers, excluding Orleans Parish, funded by a $2 million United Way donation; eligible households will receive an emailed application link, and applications open Wednesday.

Statewide early voting ended Tuesday, Oct.

27, and election officials will review turnout figures Wednesday as campaigns prepare for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Singer-songwriter Laine Bleu, a 20-year-old from Franklinton, will perform her Americana music at the Ozone Songwriter Festival in Covington Nov.

6-8, which includes concerts, songwriting workshops, and a free Youth Zone Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (stages include Fuhrmann Auditorium and Rock 'N' Blues Café).

Gayle Benson hosted about 200 racing VIPs at her Paris, Ky., farm to pitch bringing the Breeders’ Cup to New Orleans, and city and state leaders say they support talks to add the Fair Grounds to the rotation.

Officials say the track would need extensive renovations between $50 million and $100 million, and no host decision has been made.

Washington Parish leaders extended a burn ban after it began Oct.

16, saying 36 fires ignited in 11 days amid dry, windy conditions and urging residents to stop outdoor and controlled burning until weather improves.

The Slidell Memorial Hospital Board of Commissioners appointed Jean E.

Cefalu to represent Ward 8 (term through 2030). She is a nurse practitioner in geriatrics, chairs a CMS quality expert panel, and brings more than 30 years of clinical, academic, and healthcare quality leadership.

Vinton Smith has now donated platelets in 30 states after giving at the Blood Center in Mandeville, and he is working to donate platelets in all 50 states to encourage more people to give blood or platelets.