8:30 LRN Newscast Oct 08

You may be headed out to catch some fish this morning. You’ll probably want to know that Wildlife & Fisheries is proposing lowering your limit on speckled trout, in an effort to conserve the species…:

CUT 01  (30)        “…Golsby”

Going to the LSU – Tennessee game this morning? Know that a film crew will also be there filming scenes for the upcoming feature, “The Mascot.” They’ll be getting crowd shots for the full-length feature to be released in 2023. So you might end up in a movie. Kickoff is at 11am

 

Louisiana’s all-time winningest college basketball coach, Mike McConathy, is considering a run for political office. The former Northwestern State and Bossier Parish Community College coach says he’s looking at running for the District 31 state senate seat, which covers ten parishes in northwest and central Louisiana…:

CUT 09(10)      “…to people.”

McConathy won 682 games in 39 seasons as a head coach. He retired as the head coach at Northwestern State earlier this year after 23 seasons.

With attorney General Jeff Landry’s early announcement that he will run for Governor in 2023, we now also have three candidates declared to run to replace Landry as the state’s top prosecutor. Current solicitor general Liz Murrill, Landry’s “First Officer” of sorts…Crowley state Representative John Stefanski, and John Belton, the District attorney for Louisiana’s 3rd Judicial District, which covers Lincoln and Union Parishes. Belton has been handling the case of Ronald Greene, who died in 2019 while in State Police Custody.