1:30 LRN Newscast

The state is urging Louisianans to take immediate steps to safeguard their identity because of a major cyber attack on a third-party software used by the Office of Motor Vehicles. Individuals should freeze their credit and change passwords for any financial account. Casey Tingle heads up the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness…
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For more information go to next steps-dot-la-dot-gov.

Over 200-thousand SWEPCO customers are without power after some wicked storms moved through northwest Louisiana during the overnight hours. No significant injuries were reported but Shane Pendleton with the National Weather Service says the amount of clean-up is astonishing…
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A year ago, Louisiana motorists were paying a record $4.56 a gallon for of regular gasoline. But today it’s nearly $1.50 lower. Teiko Foxx has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards left today for an economic development mission to Europe, along with a delegation of Louisiana business and health sciences leaders. One of the first stops will be the Paris Air Show, the largest aerospace and aviation trade show in the world. In addition, Edwards will also visit Belgium to meet with bioscience and health business leaders.