2:30 LRN Newscast July 6

A new independent poll on the 2023 governor’s race shows Attorney General Jeff Landry with a huge lead over his GOP opponents. Kaplan Strategies of Florida surveyed one-thousand likely voters just before the Fourth of July and 30-percent support Landry as the state’s next governor, and most others in single digits. Pollster Doug Kaplan’s poll shows 20-percent back the lone major Democrat in the race, Shawn Wilson. He says Wilson will need to rally to pull off an upset this fall…:

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Shreveport police ask the public’s help catching the men who shot up a July 4th block party; killing 4 and wounding 7. Mayor Tom Arceneaux says, if you know something, do the right thing…:

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Caddo Crimestoppers: 318-673-73-73.

 

Is Twitter causing users to cut the cord and needle their way to Threads? So far 30 million have signed up. Brooke Thorington has more…:

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The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says they arrested 12 boaters statewide for alleged driving a vessel while intoxicated (DWI) during the annual Operation Dry Water Weekend from July 1st through the 3rd. The bad news: it’s the same number of arrests from the July 4th weekend a year ago. The good news: it’s not more than last year.