9:30 LRN Newscast October 9

It was an emotional night in the Mercedes Benz Superdome last night as the Saints ‘ Drew Brees became the NFL’s all-time passing yards leader. He surpassed Peyton Manning’s record on a 62-yard touchdown pass. Brees admits the achievement brought him to tears…
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The Saints also won routing Washington 43-19.

18-year-old Mason Andrews of Monroe is also in the record books. The Louisiana Tech student has become the youngest person to fly solo around the globe. Andrews says it was supposed to take 40 days, but he got stranded in India during monsoon season…
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Andrews left July 22nd and returned home this past weekend.

Integrity has become the top issue in the Secretary of State’s race as there are candidates claiming the interim secretary of state Kyle Ardoin did not act properly during the bidding process for a state contract to replace 10-thousand voting machines. Republican candidate Rick Edmonds…
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But Ardoin, who is one of the nine candidates running, says the process was fair to all bidders.

A new study that looked at US Census numbers finds the divorce rate dropped 18-percent from 2008 to 2016. Director of Tulane University’s Social work program, Parker Sternbergh, says millenials are not in a hurry to get married, like previous generations…
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