5:30 LRN Newscast July 28

Louisiana students who received reduced-price lunches and breakfast will be able to get those meals at no cost now thanks to Marrero Representative Kyle Green’s legislation. Green says because you can’t learn on an empty stomach there’s a great need to also provide meals to these 7,000 additional students.

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The additional free meals will cost the state about $859,000.

Former LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri will be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night during an induction ceremony in Natchitoches. Mainieri coached at LSU for 15 seasons and won four SEC regular season titles and six SEC Tournament championships. He led the Tigers to a national title in 2009…

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If you thought this past week was hot, weather officials say next week’s temperatures will be stunningly awful. Teiko Foxx has more…

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State police have arrested 16 suspects and are looking for severl more in connection to a statewide car theft ring. One of the 16 in custody is from Louisiana, the rest are from Texas. An investigation into discrepancies of transactions began in January of 2022. Suspects are accused of using fake documents to undervalue cars to avoid taxes and some of the cars were reported stolen.