8:30 AM LRN Newscast

Teacher pay raises won’t be the only thing voters will be deciding in next month’s constitutional amendment election. There are four other amendments on the ballot, including one on whether the mandatory retirement age for judges should be raised from 70 to 75 –.President and CEO of the Public Affairs Research Council, . Steven Procopio says this is the third time that this has been put to voters.

Cut 8 (08) “…fresh or younger?”

Big weekend in Ponchatoula as the annual Strawberry Festival gets underway this morning at eleven and runs through Sunday evening at six.  There’s a parade set for tomorrow morning at 9:30 and Donald Lanier with the Strawberry Festival says this year’s strawberry crop is fantastic!

Cut 6 (12) “…them fast enough.”

One important change from last year – tonight and tomorrow night, the festival will close at eight o’clock, instead of ten.

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Ole Miss fifth-year senior transfer linebacker T.J. Dottery spoke about his decision to follow his coach to LSU. Andre Champagne has more.

Cut 3 (33) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”

If you’ve been craving crawfish, now’s the time to get some as crawfish prices are down.   Crawfish App co-founder Lainey King says  now that Easter’s over,

Cut 15 (11) “…your favorite spot.”