1:30 LRN Newscast October 23rd

Is legal action the next step in the effort to get LSU linebacker Devin White on the field for the first half of the Alabama game. Jeff Palermo has the story…
voicer 2 (30) “…I’m Jeff Palermo

A week long early voting period started today and an item on the November 6th ballot asks should fantasy sports betting involving websites like Draft Kings and Fan Duel be legal in your parish. Next year, the state legislature will decide how it will be taxed in the parishes that approve it.

The Advocate newspaper reports Marquette Transportation, the barge operator that’s responsible for hitting the Sunshine Bridge at Donaldsonville, had 32 collisions or “brush-ups” with bridges since 2013, and were not penalized. Ascension Parish Council Chairman Bill Dawson says their piloting should have been addressed much sooner.
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DOTD officials expect the Sunshine Bridge will be closed for months for repairs.

A Moss Bluff man faces a charge of attempted second-degree murder, after allegedly shooting at his wife. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso says the couple’s children had to intervene and they eventually fled the home. Mancuso says 36-year-old Robert Moreau put on body armour and was ready for a shoot out with police when they caught up with him…
cut 8 (11) “…do that”