10:30 LRN Newscast

Four constitutional amendments are on tomorrow’s ballot, and Amendment 2 is receiving the most attention. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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Polls open at seven tomorrow morning and close at eight tomorrow night, and Secretary of State Nancy Landry says results should be announced a short time later.

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Landry says about 180-thousand voters have already cast ballots.

The Humane Society of Louisiana’s Animal Fighting Task Force rescues more than 40 dogs who were being used for dogfighting in Concordia Parish. HSLA Director Jeff Dorson says the dogs are on the road to recovery; and, pending a temperament assessment, they’ll be put up for adoption.

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44-year-old Maurice Sheppard was arrested and is charged with animal cruelty.

The eighth ranked LSU baseball team was down six to two in the fifth inning last night, but scored five runs in the fifth inning and went on to beat Mississippi State eight to six to take game one of the series. Daniel Dickinson hit a three-run homer to cut LSU’s deficit to one run. Later in the inning, Stevan Milam hit a two-run homer to give LSU a one-run lead. Dickinson on the big five-run fifth…

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Same two teams meet again at 6:30 tonight.