11am LRN Newscast Jan 12

Louisiana State Police say they are aware of planned protests at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge as armed pro-Trump crowds are expected to gather at state capitol buildings across the nation. Lt. Nick Manale says the FBI reportedly issued a bulletin of planned protests leading up the inauguration on January 20th. He says they will have additional security measures in place…

Cut 4 (11) “…peaceful gathering” 

The House will vote on impeaching President Donald Trump Wednesday, alleging he spurred on last week’s mob assault on the Capitol. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says he does not expect much Republican support for impeachment and would be highly surprised if any Louisiana Congressman voted in favor…

Cut 9 (11) “…trouble.”

Today President Trump told reporters that the impeachment effort is causing tremendous anger and danger in our country.

Sunday’s rare snowfall in parts of the Bayou State has some residents still in the dark. SWEPCO spokesperson Carey Sullivan says less than 10-thousand of their customers remain without electricity.

Cut 6 (11) “…wire down”

Cleco says at one time they had 53-hundred customers without power now they have less than 200, mostly in Sabine and DeSoto parishes.

Mega Millions is up to 615 million dollars for tonight’s drawing and Powerball is at 550 million for Wednesday night.  Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says the Powerball jackpot is the 9th largest ever, and the Mega Millions draw is the 4th largest…

Cut 11 (04) “top ten”.

The skyrocketing jackpots have more players buying tickets. Last week the state tallied 5.4 million in lotto sales, twice as much as it did that same time last month.