7:30 LRN Newscast

Pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine are beginning to arrive in Louisiana for children five to eleven. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says by the end of next week the state should have received 148,000 doses.
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The vaccine dose for this age group is a third of the adult dose and consists of two doses given twenty-one days apart.

Louisiana College in Pineville is changing its name to Louisiana Christian University. President Rick Brewer says the rebranding will help prospective students learn L-C-U is more than simply an undergraduate school…
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An official announcement of the rebranding will take place on November 16th

Covid -19, supply chain and staffing issues, are continuing to derail the normal efforts of small businesses as the holidays approach. More from Dave Brannen.
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A massive manhunt is underway in Shreveport after a woman walked into a home overnight and found three people shot to death including a 12-year-old. Authorities believe it’s a domestic incident and the suspect, who they have yet to identify, has a history of criminal violence. He’s considered armed and dangerous.