LRN Sportscast August 13

The defense outplayed the offense at LSU’s first scrimmage of fall camp. Head Coach Ed Orgeron says several players stood out on Saturday…
Cut 16 (23) “the defense”
Orgeron says the offense made way too many mistakes, especially the offensive line. He says nothing has changed with the quarterback battle.

42-year-old Tiger Woods nearly won his first major championship since 2008, but finished two shots back of Brooks Koepka, who won his third major championship and his first PGA Tour championship. Woods fired a six-under 64, while Koepka held off the charging Woods with a 66.

It appears second-year Saints safety Marcus Williams is ready to bounce back from a disastrous end to his rookie season. Williams’ missed tackle allowed the Vikings to score a touchdown on the final play to end New Orleans’ season. Quarterback Drew Brees recently compared Williams to former All-Pro Safety Ed Reed. Williams says facing Brees in practice makes him a better player…
Cut 18 (15) “…make me better”
The Saints have signed another Marcus Williams. This Marcus Williams plays cornerback and he’s entering his fifth season in the NFL and played in 10 games with Houston last year, interception one pass. The Black and Gold also signed veteran safety Robert Nelson, who appeared in two games with the Jets last season. Cornerback De’Vante Harris was released and claimed off waivers by Tampa Bay.

6:30 LRN Newscast August 13

It’s been two years since the devastating August 2016 flood that caused over 8 billion dollars in property damage and claimed 10 lives across south Louisiana. The flood led to billions of dollars in federal assistance, including hundreds of millions to help victims rebuild their homes. Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks says the recovery is about 85 percent complete…
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The governor’s office says the state’s Homeowner Assistance Program has awarded over 438 million dollars to homeowners who experienced flooding in 2016.

The state’s online tutoring service, homeworkla.org, is expanding hours and adding additional features that includes live tutoring, test prep, and even job search assistance. Louisiana’s Head Librarian Rebecca Hamilton says its academic assistance for anyone.
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Students can access the services at home with a library card number, or at a local library, Sunday through Thursday from 2PM to midnight.

Authorities say a Shreveport man died while driving a homemade go-kart at high speed on Sunday. 58-year-old Archie Lee Thomas ran up a curb and hit a pole. The accident remains under investigation.

A 400-pound life-sized bronze human statue along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge has been found in a nearby parking lot after it went missing. Kevin Barnhart has the details…
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LRN AM Newscall August 13

Livingston Parish is coming back to life two years after the 2016 August flood left much of the parish under water. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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Louisiana libraries are offering extended tutoring time for students with an online service supported by the state. Matt Doyle has more.

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A 400-pound life-sized bronze human statue along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge has been found in a nearby parking lot after it went missing. Kevin Barnhart has the details…

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It’s been two years since the devastating August 2016 flood that destroyed over 8 billion dollars in property and claimed 13 lives across south Louisiana. The floods led to billions of dollars in federal assistance, including hundreds of millions to help victims rebuild their homes. Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks says the recovery is about 85 percent complete.

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The flood impacted 15 schools across Livingston parish, delaying school years and putting children at risk of missing crucial educational days. Ricks says two years later, thirteen of those schools have been fully repaired.

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The hundred year flood was enough to convince the feds that the area was in desperate need of flood control projects, many of which had been delayed for decades. A 1.5 billion dollar package was approved that will target issues across southern Louisiana, including the Comite River diversion, which Ricks says will relieve some of the drainage pressure on Livingston Parish.

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The state’s online tutoring service, homeworkla.org, is expanding hours and adding additional features that includes live tutoring, test prep, class help and even job search assistance. Louisiana’s Head Librarian Rebecca Hamilton says its academic assistance for anyone.

Cut 7 (09) “the tomb.”

You can access the services online at home with a library card number, or in person at your local library, Sunday through Thursday from 2PM to midnight in both English and Spanish, and even offers assistance in Vietnamese from 6 to 9PM.

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The service provides online tutoring, as well as self-study tools, AP video lessons, and practice prep for standardized tests among other services.

The upgraded service comes in the wake of reports that libraries are seeing an uptick in usage, specifically from millennials. Hamilton says making after school tutoring services available regardless of socio-economic background has had a big impact.

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The demand for used cars is growing and so are the prices. Cox Automotive reports a three-percent increase last month compared to July 2017 and overall used vehicle values rose five-percent last month compared to the previous July. President of the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association Will Green says many people are buying cars that were once leased.

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Green says that’s because leases have become more common over the last three to five years, leading to higher end, lower mileage cars available used as customers end their leases without purchasing.

But he says it’s not just leases behind the surge in national prices. Green says recent natural disasters, and the mass of vehicles destroyed by them, have led to a greater demand.

Cut 11 (12) “the value.” 

But he cautions that just because national prices have surged upwards, it doesn’t mean that we’re seeing as much of a hike in Louisiana. He says the state’s slower economic growth resulting from the depression of the oil industry is keeping used car prices lower here than the rest of the nation.

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A 400-pound life-sized bronze human statue has been found. It’s part of a 22-piece traveling art exhibit on display along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. President of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Renee Chatelain, says they were preparing to ship the exhibit to Centenary College in Shreveport, when they noticed the bolted down statue was gone.

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The statue was recovered with gold spray paint on it in a nearby parking lot. Chatalain says despite the incident, they hope these type of art displays keep coming to the capital city

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Chatalain says the statue was recently located, covered in graffiti, and adds whoever moved the thing, sure put in some effort.

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The defense outplayed the offense at LSU’s first scrimmage of fall camp. Head Coach Ed Orgeron says several players stood out on Saturday in Tiger Stadium…

Cut 16 (23) “the defense”

Orgeron says the offense made way too many mistakes, too many penalties, especially off sides calls. He says the offensive line particular was not good. Meanwhile, Coach O says the quarterback battle remains a tight one…

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It appears second-year Saints safety Marcus Williams is ready to bounce back from a disastrous end to his rookie season. Williams’ missed tackle allowed the Vikings score a touchdown on the final play to end New Orleans’ season. Quarterback Drew Brees recently compared Williams to former All-Pro Safety Ed Reed. Williams says getting to go up against Brees in practice makes him a better player…

Cut 18 (15) “…make me better” 

Former first-round pick Sheldon Rankins hopes to be more disruptive on the defensive line this season. The defensive tackle out of Georgia had just two sacks last season and he wasn’t happy with his performance. So Rankins says he spent a lot of time watching film in the off season…

Cut 19 (25) ”…each day.” 

10:30 LRN Newscast August 11

A mother was stabbed to death 29 times while pushing her one-year-old son in a stroller in Jefferson Parish. Gretna Police Captain Russell Lloyd says the child was not injured, but discovered crying next to his dead mother…
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Lloyd says the suspect, 41-year-old Damone Ussin, and the victim 35-year-old Tarniel Gray of Gretna had a dating relationship. Ussin has been charged with second-degree murder.

The search for a stolen 400-pound iron statue taken from downtown Baton Rouge is over as it was found in a nearby parking lot. President and CEO of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Renee Chatalain says there was spray paint or dirt on it and whoever took it, put some effort into it…
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The statue is worth 60-thousand dollars.

Fisheries officials say Louisiana recreational fishermen are closing in on the amount of red snapper they are permitted to catch this year. L-D-W-F says anglers caught nearly 651,500 pounds through July 29th, which is 87-percent of the total poundage they are allowed to harvest. The state agency says it can’t predict when the weekends-only season will close.

Louisiana libraries are offering extended tutoring time for students with an online service supported by the state. Matt Doyle has more.
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9:30 LRN Newscast August 11

Governor John Bel Edwards says the state is making progress in efforts to improve the criminal justice system. Critics say the reforms are too soft on crime, but Edwards counters by saying most of the excess prisoners that boosted the state’s incarceration rate were behind bars for getting busted for holding drugs.
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The 2017 reform package resulted in the release of nearly two-thousand inmates and parolees are able to work towards shorter supervisory periods.

The state has entered exclusive negotiations to purchase 10-thousand voting machines from Dominion Voting Systems. Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says the plan is for the state to replace early voting machines, five parishes at a time, starting this year. Phase two is expected by 2020.
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But the price tag for replacing the voting machines is increasing, up to 90-million dollars and it will federal and state money to pay for it.

The state’s online tutoring service, homeworkla.org, is expanded hours and adding additional features to help students prepare for a test, get help with homework and it even provides job search. Louisiana’s Head Librarian Rebecca Hamilton says its academic assistance for anyone who needs it.
Cut 7 (09) “the tomb.”
You can access the services online at home with a library card number, or in person at your local library.

A 400-pound life-sized bronze human statue along the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge has been found in a nearby parking lot after it went missing. Kevin Barnhart has the details…
Cut 3 (29) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”

8:30 LRN Newscast August 11

A mother was stabbed to death 29 times while pushing her one-year-old son in a stroller in Gretna. That’s according to authorities who say the suspect 41-year-old Damone Ussin, and the victim 35-year-old Tarniel Gray of Gretna had a dating relationship. Ussin has been arrested for second degree murder and Gretna Captain Russell Lloyd says the scene created by the vicious act was hard to swallow…
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Lloyd says the child was not injured and the little boy was discovered crying next to his deceased mother.

Governor John Bel Edwards continues to defend what he called progress in reducing the state’s inmate population. Critics have pointed out that some of the released have been rearrested, including for homicide, but Edwards says the number of people released under the program who’ve been rearrested is still under the national average of 40 percent.
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The state has entered exclusive negotiations with Dominion Voting Systems to purchase new voting equipment. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the US increased by 13 this week to 1,057. Six of those rigs that went active were in Louisiana. At this time a year ago, there were 949 active rigs. The U-S Rig number bottomed out in May of 2016. Only 404 of them were active at that time.

7:30 LRN Sportscast August 11

The Saints are back at the grind of training camp this weekend as they resume practices at their training facility in Metairie following their preseason victory over Jacksonville. Coach Sean Payton says there’s a lot to work on after reviewing the film of Thursday’s preseason opener…
cut 30 (17) “…all of that up”
The Saints next preseason game is Friday at home against Arizona.

Former LSU star Derrius Guice’s season ends before it really ever starts. Guice has suffered a torn ACL and the Washington Redskins rookie is out for the season.

The LSU football team has its first scrimmage or what Coach Ed Orgeron likes to call a preseason game today. It will be a chance for one of the four quarterbacks to make a case that he should be the starter.

The Pelicans 2018-19 schedule is out and it all starts with a trip to Houston to face the Rockets on October 17th. In a game televised by ESPN. It will be one 13 nationally televised games on either ESPN or TNT. The defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors will not visit New Orleans until the regular season finale on April 9th. LeBron James will bring the Lakers to the Smoothie King Center twice, February 23rd and March 31st.

The largest video board in college baseball is coming to LSU’s Alex Box Stadium. A 71-foot-wide, 38-foot tall videoboard will be installed beyond the left field wall before the season opener in mid-February. It will show replays and display stats. LSU Baseball Sports Information director Bill Franques says they’ll also have a new scoreboard in right field too….
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5:30 PM Newscast

Governor Edwards made the rounds on Baton Rouge TV and radio after meeting President Donald Trump to discuss the state’s criminal justice reforms. Jeff Palermo has more.

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Saints defensive end Cam Jordan calls President Donald Trump a “Goober” in a Tweet after the president critized players again for not standing for the national anthem. Three Miami Dolphins players took a knee last night, while Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette stayed in the locker room.

The state has entered negotiations to purchase 10-thousand voting machines from Dominion Voting Systems, Inc, but the price tag has increased to repace their current machines. Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin has acknowledged one of the two losing companies bidding for the voting machine contract has expressed concern the selection process may be “rigged” …

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The Tigers are installing the largest video board in college baseball in Alex Box Stadium and it’s set to go online for the 2019 season opener in February. The goliath sits right off left field and is 71 feet wide and nearly 38 feet tall. LSU Baseball Publicist Bill Franques says it’s really going to add to the game day experience.  And for those worried that your tax dollars are going towards a fancy new video board….

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430PM LRN Newscast July 10

Governor Edwards is back in Louisiana after speaking with President Trump about criminal justice reform efforts. Landry and Kennedy along with outgoing DA’s Association President Ricky Babin have pointed to rearrests linked to prisoners who’ve been released under the reforms, but during an appearance on AM Baton Rouge on Talk 107-3, Edwards said the number of people released under the program who’ve been rearrested would still be under the national average of 40 percent.

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The Tigers are installing the largest video board in college baseball in Alex Box Stadium and it’s set to go online for the 2019 season opener in February. The goliath sits right off left field and is 71 feet wide and nearly 38 feet tall. LSU Baseball Publicist Bill Franques says that’s not all…

Cut 7 (11) “other games.”

The state has entered negotiations to purchase 10-thousand voting machines from Dominion Voting Systems, Inc, but the price tag has increased to repace their current machines. Interim Secretary of State Kyle Aroin had projected the cost at $60 million, but he says the more realistic price tag is now in the ballpark of $90-95 million dollars

Cut 9 (06)  “…bring down that cost.”

Ardoin says the plan is for the state to replace early voting machines, five parishes at a time, starting this year. Full implementation is expected by 2020.

A mother was stabbed to death while pushing her one-year-old son in a stroller in Gretna, Louisiana. Authorities say the suspect 41-year-old Damone Ussin, and the victim 35-year-old Tarniel Gray of Gretna had a dating relationship. Ussin has been arrested for second degree murder and Gretna Police Chief Arthur Lawson says he has a substantial criminal history.

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LRN PM Newscall August 10th

Governor Edwards made the rounds on Baton Rouge TV and radio after meeting President Donald Trump to discuss the state’s criminal justice reforms. Jeff Palermo has more.

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The state has entered exclusive negotiations with Dominion Voting Systems to purchase new voting equipment.  Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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Lloyd says the child was not injured and was discovered crying next to his deceased mother…

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Lloyd says Ussin has an extensive criminal history and shows no sign of confessing…

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