10:30 LRN Newscast Oct 18

When LSU won a national championship in 2019, it seemed like Ed Orgeron would be the coach of the Tigers forever. But less than two seasons later, he’s out. Jeff Palermo has more…

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A shooting early Sunday morning on the campus of Grambling State leaves one dead and seven others wounded. This is the second shooting fatality in a matter of days on the campus, prompting a decision to cancel classes today and tomorrow. A 9:30 PM to 6 AM curfew has also been set until further notice.

Eye-opening statistics from the CDC show that drug overdose deaths in Louisiana shot up by 56-percent between March 2020 and March of this year. Dr. James Patterson, Clinical Director of the Louisiana Addiction Research Center at LSU-Shreveport says the impact of social isolation and overdose deaths are reflected in part in the way a large segment of grade school children in Caddo Parish are handling the pandemic.

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Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy reports he has raised $15-million dollars for his 2022 re-election campaign. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says a seated senator’s likelihood of being re-elected has a lot to do with the popularity of the man in the White House…:

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So far only Democrat Luke Mixon has announced his candidacy to run against Kennedy.