8:30 LRN Newscast

An East Feliciana Parish grand jury will be asked to decide today if Clay and Shelia Fletcher should be charged with second murder for the death of their 36-year-old daughter Lacey Fletcher, who died in her own feces on her parents’ couch. Authorities say Lacey’s body basically melted into the couch. The district attorney in East Feliciana Parish is Sam D’Aquilla…
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A new statewide survey out of LSU says 51-percent of the respondents say they still favor the death penalty for persons convicted of murder. That’s down from 58-percent in 2018. LSU Pollster Mike Henderson says the death penalty is becoming less popular over concerns of executing a person that could have been wrongly convicted…
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A bill to test Louisiana students for reading proficiency before being promoted to 4th grade is set to be heard in the House this week. Brooke Thorington has more…
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For the 102-thousand fans that got to witness it, they are still talking about it, Garth Brooks’ legendary performance inside Tiger Stadium on Saturday night. When he sang Callin Baton Rouge, it registered as a small earthquake on a seismograph in Nicholoson Hall.