1:30 LRN Newscast

The first two days of early voting in Louisiana broke records. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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KALB-TV reports Pineville Mayor Rich Dupree submitted his resignation on Friday, which means the city council will appoint the next mayor, instead of voters with a special election.  Mayor Dupree’s resignation comes less than two months after news broke of an affair involving the mayor and a former staff member.

Longtime LSU football staffer Charles Baglio died Friday night when he was hit by a car on U-S Highway 51 in Tangipahoa Parish.  Baglio won 205 games as a high school football coach and took Independence to the state championship game twice.  Former Independence Coach Keith Carona says former LSU coach Nick Saban hired Baglio as a staffer in in 2002 and he was part of three national championship teams…

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SP Class 105 started its accelerated 14-week POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training) class, designed to prepare the 56 students for careers in law enforcement.  By the end of the program, graduates will be well-prepared to take on the challenges of law enforcement, ready to serve and protect their communities. Lt. Jared Sandifer noted the benefits that come with becoming an LSP Trooper…

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