16:30 LRN Newscast January 19

A CBS News poll of one-thousand Americans finds that 14-percent of Republicans want Governor Bobby Jindal to run for President. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Roadwork begins tonight on a $1 million project to modify exit ramps on I-10 in Lafayette. Department of Transportation spokesperson Deidra Druilhet says these improvements will help with the flow of traffic through the Ambassador Caffery exits…
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The project is expected to last until March.

Authorities had to close the I-210 bridge in Lake Charles due to a bomb threat this morning. State Police Sgt. James Anderson says they received a call about a car on fire on the Calcasieu River bridge, but found no car on fire and the person with the car said he had a bomb. Anderson says the investigation is ongoing, but they aren’t ruling out that this is all a hoax. He says their intelligence section is looking into the suspect’s background…
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The bridge was cleared and all traffic diverted as a precaution. The bridge is now re-opened.

A two-vehicle accident in Natchitoches Parish on Sunday afternoon left three people dead and four others injured, according to State Police. Moreau says the cars of 41-year-old Stacey Lachney of Pineville and 31-year-old Jennifer Tell of Montgomery pretty much collided head on…
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Lachney was also killed. Moreau says Lachney crossed the center line of US 70.