6:30 LRN Newscast

Hammond Police are charging three individuals with attempted murder after a female student at Southeastern Louisiana University survived a fentanyl overdose. Police Chief Edwin Bergeron says previously these suspects would just face drug charges, but they are doing something new in Tangiaphoa Parish……
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50-year-old Kawaiishh Brown and two men, 29-year-old, Shyheim Pines, and 21-year-old Mark Fridge, III face attempted murder charges. The student is back at school.

It’s Easter weekend and it’s the biggest crawfish eating weekend of the year…
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That’s Crawfish App co-founder Laney King who says be prepared to spend around 150 to 200 dollars on a 35 pound sack. Boiled crawfish are selling for about seven dollars a pound.

It’s Eastertime in Louisiana which means Elmer’s Candy will be filling baskets. Colleen Crain looks at the sweets coming from the Ponchatoula candy maker…
Cut 1 (32) “…I’m Colleen Crain.”