2:30 PM Newscast Mar 19

The Central Louisiana Violent Crime Abatement Team’s two-day detail resulted in the arrest of 55 individuals,  and 83 citations. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Spring officially begins tonight. LSU Climatologist Barry Keim says While spring season brings milder temperatures, it’s also the peak season for tornadoes. And severe weather including lots of precipitation through the beginning of May.

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Mega Millions excitement is in the air as the jackpot is approaching 900 million dollars. Whether you take the cash payout or the annuity, that’s a lot of money and it’s approaching a record says Dustin Annison with the Louisiana Lottery…

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The LSU Tigers dropped from two to number five in the D-1 baseball poll after losing the opening SEC series. Mississippi State scored 33 runs and the Tigers committed six errors as dropped two out of three in Starkville. Coach Jay Johnson says they scored enough runs to win a series on the road, but didn’t pitch well enough and the errors were also costly…

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