4:30 LRN Newscast

Governor Landry issues an executive order that allows for the use of nontaxable, dyed diesel fuel in highway vehicles that are engaged in ag and timber harvesting operations. Kace Kieshnick has more…

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The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office announces 11 inmates have been arrested for using the bible to make cigarettes. Sheriff Charles Guillory says the inmates tore pages from the bible, rolled up the pieces of paper and then soaked them with chemicals and other substances and managed to light the Bible paper and then smoked them.

 

Louisiana is closing the digital divide faster than many places in the country. According to the latest FCC Broadband Data Collection, Louisiana had the fourth highest proportional growth in the U-S. Veneeth Iyengar (EYE-in-gar), the executive director of Connect-L-A, says Louisiana more than tripled the national average in broadband access increase.

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Earlier this month the Louisiana Department of Health reported a rabies case in a dog. The first time that’s happened since 2014 and the fifth time in the last 20 years. Doctor Mark Mitchell, a professor of zoological medicine at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, says this underscores the importance of vaccinating and don’t let your pets roaming freely, especially in rural areas…

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