11:30 LRN Newscast

LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt was listed as doubtful on the initial SEC availability report for the Tigers’ top-10 matchup at Ole Miss. Kace Kieschnick reports.

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The Mississippi Highway Patrol will deploy its largest presence to date for a college game this weekend. An additional 65 to 70 M-H-P Trooopers and officers will be deployed through the area. Troopers are expected begin enhanced traffic enforcement details today and will be highly visible through the weekend.

 

Outgoing U-S Senator Bill Cassidy says he will not get involved in the U-S Senate race between Republican Julia Letlow and Democrat Jamie Davis. That means Cassidy, who finished third in the U-S Senate Republican Primary, will not endorse Letlow in the November third general election…

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President Trump’s endorsement of Letlow, before she even entered the race, helped the Congresswoman win the U-S Senate Republican Primary run-off over state treasurer John Fleming.

A study out of Stanford University shows New Orleans public school students are leading the nation in academic growth-registering in the 99th percentile in reading and 98th in math improvement. Education reform advocate, Leslie Jacobs, credits great leadership of the charter operated schools and the autonomy they have…

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