16:30 Newscast, December 9th, 2015

A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts shows that only 12-percent of Louisiana legislators in 2015 were women, the lowest percentage in the nation. Eric Gill reports…:
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Raising Cane’s announces a major milestone will be made tomorrow as two new stores open in Texas and Oklahoma bringing the total number of the chicken finger restaurants to 250. The Baton Rouge based company now has locations in 20 states and Cane’s CEO Todd Graves says they are extremely excited about reaching this milestone.

A teacher from Calvary Baptist is facing many charges for allegedly sending inappropriate online messages to one of his 16-year-old female students. State Police say 25-year-old Kyle Rutledge of Shreveport ended up chatting with investigators while thinking it was the victim. Trooper Matt Harris says cases like this are shameful…:
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He says Rutledge was charged with Computer Aided Solicitation of a Minor, Indecent Behavior with Juveniles, and Prohibited Sexual Conduct between Educator and Student.

LSU football got some more bad postseason news today. The Tigers did not land a spot on the Southeastern Conference individual awards. The SEC champion Alabama led the pack with four winners including Offensive and defensive player of the year. Tennessee, Texas A&M, Florida and Arkansas were the other teams with players who received individual awards.