6:30 LRN Newscast February 8

Governor Jeff Landry is expected to provide more details about deploying the Louisiana National Guard to the southern border at a press conference today at 11. Attorney General Liz Murrill says she supports Landry’s idea of sending the National Guard to the border.
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The cost of sending troops to the border would be around three million dollars.

A Caddo Parish Sheriff’s deputy was shot yesterday attempting to serve an arrest warrant at a Shreveport apartment complex and authorities say the male suspect died when officers returned fire. Sheriff Steve Prator says State Police is handling the investigation…
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Prator says the deputy will be okay and the deceased individual was a suspect in a homicide.

Statistics show the weekend before Mardi Gras is the deadliest of Carnival season on Louisiana roadways, and this year, Super Bowl Parties are added to the mix. Colleen Crain has more…
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