3:30 LRN Newscast

Different parts of the state tell very different stories when it comes to the drought. In central Louisiana, which has received almost a foot of rain this month, the drought has been completely washed away. State Climatologist Jay Grymes says go north, and it’s a completely different story.

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LSU’s flagship campus’ research activity is up 11-percent, now surpassing 600-million dollars in annual research activity. Chancellor Jim Dalton says the LSU AgCenter is leading the regional research effort to fight back against invasive species that cause 120-billion dollars in damage to the U.S. each year.

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Two U.S. Senators, one from each party, team up on a bill to transform college sports regulation amid a rapidly changing landscape. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Two Covington elementary school administrators are facing charges for allegedly failing to comply with the state’s mandatory reporting law. Lauryn Faciane and Tanya Barth are the principal and assistant principal, respectively, of E.E. Lyon Elementary. Because minors are involved, DCFS is not releasing specific details of the incident that the two allegedly failed to report.