11:30 LRN Newscast Sept 10

Saturday marks 20 years since the 9-11 Terrorist Attack on the United States. Islamic extremists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center in New York, and one jet into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Baton Rougean Trey Williams was working for the federal government in D.C. at the time. He says he witnessed much of the confusion of that day from his office in the U.S. Capitol…:
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Eleven days after the 9/11 attacks the Department of Homeland Security was created by the Bush Administration. Chris Guilbeau who is the Assistant Deputy Director of Emergency Management at GOSHEP says policies and procedures implemented since have made a difference.

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You can sort of breathe a sigh of relief that today we’ve reached the statistical midway point of this year’s hurricane season.  But, as Dave Brannen reports, we’re not out of the woods yet

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The LSU Tigers kick off their first home game against McNeese State Saturday night and for the first time, fans will have to show proof of vaccination, or a negative PCR COVID-19 test to enter Tiger Stadium. LSU Athletics Spokesperson Cody Worsham says for the most part things will be the same with the exception of your journey from tailgating to the stadium.

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