9:30 LRN Newscast

An early morning house fire in Shreveport yesterday killed three people and left a fourth person in critical condition.  Shreveport firefighters responded to the blaze just after 6:30 in the morning in the Martin Luther King Junior neighborhood. A five-year-old child is among the three people who are dead. Firefighters did not find a working smoke detector in the home.

The 2025 fiscal legislative session begins next Monday, so what will be the big issues? Colleen Crain spoke with Senate President Cameron Henry

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Ruston Representative Christopher Turner would like to see more money allocated for the TOPS scholarship program. He’s filed a bill that would provide more scholarship money for students who achieve a 31 or higher on the ACT and the bill would also increase assistance for those students who want to attend a two year school…

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Global markets continue to fall this morning as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on every country. LSU Economics professor Dek Terrell says part of the President’s plan is to reach new trade agreements with these countries…

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Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be at the White House this afternoon seeking tariff relief.