2:30 PM Newscast April 5

If you’re excited about the solar eclipse and you’re in Northwest Louisiana, you’ll have a 95% view. Lake Charles and Alexandria area, 90%, the Baton Rouge and Lafayette get 85%, and southeast Louisiana will have an 80% view but Gary Chatelain (Shat-ta-lane) with the National Weather in Shreveport says it will be mostly cloudy during the peak hours early Monday afternoon, but there is still a chance to see the moon block the sun.

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At $1.23 billion Saturday’s Drawing will be for the 4th largest Powerball Jackpot, and 8th largest jackpot in US Lottery history. Dustin Annison with the Louisiana Lottery says the Bayou State is overdue for a Powerball Jackpot winner and this would be one heck of a prize. Since Louisiana joined the multi-state lottery game in 1995…

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LSU athletics director Scott Woodward and Governor Jeff Landry exchanged statements on Friday over the national anthem controversy. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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The Louisiana Political Hall of Fame will induct its 2024 class with a ceremony in Baton Rouge tomorrow (Saturday) night. Louisiana Radio Network President Jim Engster is one of the inductees. Louisiana Political Museum director Shonna Moss…

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