10:30 LRN Newscast Nov 17

The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Click It or Ticket campaign begins tomorrow and goes through the Thanksgiving weekend. Spokesperson Greg Fischer says state troopers and local law enforcement will be on the lookout to see if drivers are buckled up…

Cut 3 (11) “….the road.”

A first offense is $50 and $75 for repeat offenders.

The synthetic opioid, Nitazines is being linked to a growing number of overdose deaths. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston says they are 100 times more potent than fentanyl and it’s hard to know just how many overdoses are linked to the drug that’s being created in illicit laboratories…

Cut 11 (10) “…for them.” 

He says it could take multiple doses of Narcan to be revived.

On the ballot, this Saturday is a runoff for Secretary of State between two women, Republican Nancy Landry and Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup. Collins-Greenup says she wants to modernize the office that also serves businesses and she wants to improve voter access and participation…

Cut 16 (13) “…to vote.”

New Orleans po boy shop owner Mike Serio will mark his 500th consecutive LSU football game tomorrow night when the Tigers host Georgia State. Serio says his favorite trip in the SEC is Kentucky and LSU’s game at Washington was cool in 2009, but his favorite trip was to Green Bay in 2016…

Cut 9 (08)  “…Yankee Stadium”

The 72-year-old doesn’t expect to miss a game anytime soon and is looking forward to next year’s season opener in Las Vegas.