When looking at the year ahead in state politics, political analyst Bernie Pinsonat predicts auto insurance reform will be the most talked-about legislation during the 2020 regular session that begins in March. Pinsonat says Republican lawmakers will author legislation after a similar effort was blocked by the governor last year…
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Governor Edwards and the new legislature will be sworn in on January 13th.

That’s the same day as the LSU-Clemson national championship game in New Orleans. CEO of the ticket reseller Gametime Blake Griffth says if you are looking for tickets, it will cost you at least one-thousand dollars…
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Griffith says the average ticket price on their website is 23-hundred dollars.

Northwestern State University has established a scholarship in memory of sports-journalist and alumna Carley McCord, who was tragically killed in a plane crash along with four others last Saturday. McCord family friend Danielle Cobb says Carley always made an impression wherever she went.
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To make a donation go to Northwestern State-alumni-dot-com-slash-donations.

The first funeral as a result of that tragic plane crash is today. 51-year-old Gretchen Vincent and her 15-year-old son Walker will be remembered with a visitation and funeral service at Our Savior’s Church in Lafayette.

In St. Landry Parish, a Grand Coteau police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Authorities say the female officer was shot during a traffic stop on Highway 182 yesterday. The shooter is in custody.