8:30 LRN Newscast

Lafayette Police say 36-year-old Andres Jamal Felix went on a murder spree yesterday, fatally shooting three people, including his estranged wife, 43-year-old Kawanna Felix. Authorities say Andres Felix also fatally shot 25-year-old Paige Lewis and 29-year-old Ross Chaisson before taking his own life at a family members home. Authorities have not released a possible motive.

Pediatricians are seeing an uptick in respiratory illnesses. Whitney Thomas has more…
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The Ochsner Transplant Institute has performed Louisiana’s first paired kidney donation transplant surgery. The recipient is 19-year-old Stephanie Morel of Loranger and the donor is all the way from Denmark, Marianne Poulsen. Ochsner Health transplant surgeon Doctor Dennis Sonnier says Marianne first became interested in becoming a donor when her husband was in urgent need of a kidney transplant…
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Stephanie, Marianne, and their families had their emotional first meeting in New Orleans in August.

The Queen of Country Music Loretta Lynn passed away Tuesday at the age of 90. She was among the many up-and-coming country music singers that appeared in Shreveport on KWKH’s Louisiana Hayride. Chris Brown Archivist at Centenary College says the first time Lynn performed in 1963 at the Hayride she wasn’t the headliner.
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