1:30 LRN Newscast

Much of the state will be pounded by crippling storms this weekend, so now is the time to start preparing. Mike Steele with GOHSEP says if you haven’t been to the grocery store lately, today would be a really good day to do, and stock up on foods that require neither refrigeration nor preparation.

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GOHSEP has all this information and more on its emergency preparedness website, get a game plan-dot-org.

New Orleans officials announce the arrest of a 35-year-old man who allegedly set eight vehicles on fire in the Bywater neighborhood early Monday morning. Deputy Mayor of Public safety Michael Harrison says surveillance cameras caught Kyle Tomeson on an arson spree…

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Tomeson has been booked on four counts of aggravated arson and nine counts of simple arson.

LSU football coach Lane Kiffin explains why he’s had success attracting players in the transfer portal. Andre Champagne has the story.

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Could cockfighting be returning to St. Landry Parish? That’s what the parish council will be discussing at its meeting this evening. Conducting cockfighting has been a felony in Louisiana since 2008. Councilman Timmy LeJeune says cockfighting could provide a new source of revenue; the Humane Society of Louisiana is obviously very much against it.