5:30 LRN Newscast Nov 12

A Los Angeles Judge grants a petition to terminate the 13-year conservatorship for pop star and Kentwood native Britney Spears. It’s a victory for the Free Britney movement after Spears father and others have come under fire for an alleged abusive arrangement over her estimated $60 million estate. An attorney for Spears says a safety net for her personal and financial care will be put in place.

A suspect has been arrested in the second of two fatal shootings that took place on Grambling State’s campus during homecoming week. Trooper Michael Reichardt says suspect Ahmad Green has been booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on a four-million-dollar bond. Reichardt says they are still looking for Jatavious Carroll of Delhi the suspect in the first shooting, that occurred on October 13th…

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Voters head to the polls Saturday in Louisiana. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says every registered voter will have the opportunity to decide the outcome of four constitutional amendments. Ardoin says because of an expected 35 percent voter turnout in Orleans Parish, voters statewide should be aware that New Orleans could have the largest impact on the fate of the constitutional amendments.

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The longtime Louisiana Christmas tradition of the Lighting of Bonfires is officially back on the calendar after being extinguished last year due to the pandemic. St James Parish President Pete Dufresne says the Christmas Eve pastime of lighting the way for Papa Noel has been a community event for decades.

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