9:30 LRN Newscast

For the first time in years, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve will not host a live segment in New Orleans. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says since the Office of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism gave up the project to New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell, the New Orleans segment has been poor, even humiliating…

Cut 13 (08) “my opinion.”

Nungesser says, that after two years of poor showings with Cantrell’s people, he learned the show opted out of the Crescent City…

Children’s Hospital New Orleans is raffling off 28 suite tickets to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour stop in New Orleans next year.  The funds will help build a new Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Unit. Director of Stem Cell Transplant Ben Watkins…

Cut 12 (12) “…there too.” 

The concert will be at the Ceasar’s Superdome on October 26.  Tickets can be purchased at chnola.org/taylor.

The Festival of the Bonfires which normally takes place on Christmas Eve in St. James Parish has been moved to a new date due to inclement weather forecast. The event is now scheduled for Saturday. St. James Parish President Pete Dufresne ….

Cut 4 (09) “…that day.”

Fortunately, the change falls on the weekend but Dufresne understands the change is still inconvenient when so many have already made plans in advance.

Friday begins the start of a very busy travel holiday season. Nationwide, more than 115 million people will pack roadways and airports. AAA Analyst Don Redman says a record seven-point-five million are expected to travel by air, so give yourself a little extra time if you are heading to the airport

Cut 9 (12)  “…about winter.”