10:30 LRN Newscast January 17

The Bayou Bengals are turning the White House Purple and Gold at this hour in honor of their National Championship victory. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
Cut 2 (32) “…I’m Kevin Barnhart”

And there’s a big welcome home ceremony in Alexandria this afternoon for over 70 Louisiana National Guard soldiers who return home after spending nine months deployed overseas. The unit named Task Force Castle conducted general engineering and mobility operations in their area of responsibility.

The 2020 New Orleans Jazz Fest schedule features the Foo Fighters, The Who, Stevie Nicks, Lionel Richie and Lizzo. Festival producer Quint Davis says this year’s lineup is a perfect combination of big acts and local stars…
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The Festival runs over two weekends from April 23rd to May 3rd.

According to frontier-bundles-dot-com, W-W-E is Louisiana’s most popular YouTube channel. Spokesperson Elaine Thompson says the Bayou State isn’t alone in its fascination with professional wrestling…
cut 5 (09) “….South Carolina”
Thompson says WWE and Bright Side are the two most popular YouTube channels in the United States.