6:30 LRN Newscast June 18

Much of Louisiana’s coastline is under a tropical storm warning today as potential tropical cyclone three is expected to make landfall near St. Mary and Terrebonne Parishes early Saturday morning. State Climatologist Barry Keim…
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Heavy rainfall could start falling this afternoon.

Governor John Bel Edwards says residents who get a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July can enter a lottery to win a one-million dollar jackpot. It’s one of 14 cash prizes the state is offering in an effort to increase the state’s COVID vaccination rate. For those under 18, there will be nine 100,000 dollar scholarship drawings. Higher Ed Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says the money will be put in a START account.
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Registration for the drawings begins at noon at shot-a-million-dot-com.

AAA says three-quarters of Americans are planning to travel this summer. Brooke Thorington talks to an expert about what you should do before you take off on your excursion.
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