18:30 LRN Newscast February 9th

Flu season is in full swing. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Marvel is shooting a TV series in New Orleans. Louisiana Entertainment Executive Director Chris Stelly says television productions last longer and employ more people than movies and there’s the potential a series can be picked up year after year…
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Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger will air on the Freeform channel.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said today that Wednesday’s deadly explosion at Packaging Corporation America in Beauregard Parish occurred as contractors were welding near a tank during a facility shutdown. State Police Sergeant James Anderson says they have an idea what was inside that tank…
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Three people were killed and one person remains hospitalized.

A Baton Rouge contractor has been arrested amid allegations he defrauded more than dozen homeowners who flooded in August. That’s according to Ascension Sheriff Jeff Wiley who says 39-year-old Matthew Morris would complicate agreements to rack up thousands in claims:
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Morris faces a number of charges and his bond has been set at 500-thousand dollars.