8:30 AM Dec 9 LRN Newscast

As a plan to sell Toledo Bend water to Texas is shut down, Hornbeck Republican Rodney Schamerhorn says he will be filing a bill that would block any future water sale. He says if Louisiana gives Texas water from Toledo Bend, people who paid a premium for property along the lakefront would lose

Cut 6 (12) “…a beautiful lake.”

Crawfish season is right around the corner and LSU AgCenter crawfish extension agent Todd Fontenot says early hot boiled crawfish is already available.

Cut 11 (10) “…our growing region.”

He says the supply will be more plentiful in January and February as long as we don’t see long periods of below freezing temperatures.

A Calcasieu Parish school makes history Friday with their first state football championship appearance. Andre Champagne has the story.

Cut 3 (33) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”

If Tulane beats Ole Miss on December 20th in the first round of the college football playoffs – they would play in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley says while it would be cool for the GreenWave to play the Sugar Bowl in the stadium they called home from 1975 through 2013, he’s not picking sides.

Cut 9 (06)  “…decades now.”