The Joint Transportation Committee meets next hour to discuss and possibly vote on Governor Jeff Landry’s plan to fund a new I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge. Landry says his proposal lowers the tolls motorists would have to pay to cross the bridge, compared to what the Edwards Administration proposed. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says there’s a strong desire in southwest Louisiana to get this project done…
cut 11 (07) “…they wouldn’t”

State health officials say the number of flu-like illnesses remain very high in Louisiana. LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Disease Specialist, Doctor Fred Lopez, says less than 50-percent of adults have received the flu vaccine and it’s still not too late…
cut 14 (08) “…against it”

Starting next school year, girls high school wrestling will be a championship sport within the LHSAA.
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Colleen Crain.”

The ninth ranked LSU women’s basketball team lost its second straight game last night as they fell to Mississippi State 77-73. Lady Tigers Coach Kim Mulkey says they failed to get defensive stops in the second half.

And the McNeese men’s team won its 14th straight game yesterday beating Northwestern State 89-65. The Cowboys have the longest winning streak in the nation.