12:30 LRN Newscast

Expect overnight lane closures on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge beginning Monday as Phase 2 of the Basin Bridge Safety Corridor begins. Colleen Crain has more…
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And gas prices are on the way up…AAA’s Don Redman says the statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline is up 16-cents to $3.07 a gallon and the price at the pump will only continue go up…
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Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow is authoring a bill that requires schools to print the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 9-8-8 number on every student’s I-D card. During discussion in Senate Education, Barrow quoted concerning suicide statistics from 2021…
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The proposal is heading to the Senate floor.

The McNeese Men’s basketball team is heading to the NCAA Tournament after beating Nicholls 92 to 76 in the Southland Tournament Championship Game. Cowboys Coach Will Wade led LSU to three NCAA Tournament appearances in five seasons in Baton Rouge and in his first season at McNeese he turned around a losing program…
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McNeese will find out on Sunday who they will play in the NCAA Tournament.