1:30 LRN Newscast

Authorities say an Evangeline Parish man faces several charges after he got into the bedroom of a seven-year-old girl in Bunkie. Marsanne Golsby has more…
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Lake Charles Police say eight people were shot at the V-V-S-1 Hooka Lounge on Broad Street at around 1:30 this morning. Cops say three of the shooting victims are in critical condition, three are in stable condition and two of them were treated and released. Authorities say one person is in custody.

Caldwell Parish Sheriff Clay Bennett says two people were injured from a twister that caused damage near the town of Clarks.

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Louisiana is $3.03 today, that’s down 28 cents from this time last month. And AAA spokesperson Nick Chabarria (Cha-bear-ree-ah) says the average price in Louisiana is down almost a dime from a year ago.
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Chabarria credits a drop in crude oil prices for relief at the pump.

According to the National Retail Federation, a record 197-million consumers shopped either in a store or on the internet over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, which included Cyber Monday. N-R-F President Matthew Shay says the kick-off to the holiday shopping season saw a big increase of in-store shoppers…
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Shaw says 63-million consumers shopped inside a store on Small Business Saturday, up from 51-million in 2021