4:30 PM LRN Newscast Nov 11

Saturday’s LSU-Alabama game in Baton Rouge has been postponed due to Covid-19 issues within the LSU program. The Tigers do not have any bye weeks to make up the game before the SEC Championship game, but Coach Ed Orgeron hopes the SEC can figure out a way for the rivalry game to be played this year…

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Metairie Senator Cameron Henry says the vote to legalize sports betting in 55 of the state’s 64 parishes on Election Night paves the way for sports bets to be placed in Louisiana by the end of next year. Legislators will work on rules and regulations in the upcoming spring session, Henry says a big point of contention that will shape sports betting, is how virtual the activity can be…

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The mandatory evacuation order in Cameron Parish was finally lifted early this morning for the entire parish. The southwestern coastal parish had been under a mandatory evacuation order since Hurricane Laura made landfall on August 27th. Vice President of the Cameron Parish Police Jury, Scott Trahan says they hope to have power restored in Cameron by the end of the week, but water remains undrinkable.

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A committee studying potential policing policy reforms met again yesterday with Chair Cleo Fields questioning new State Police Superintendent Lamar Davis on dash and body camera policy.

Fields summarized the day’s findings to Davis…

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