17:30 LRN Newscast

Super Bowl Week is underway in New Orleans. Andrew Greenstein is at the Morial Convention Center.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in New Orleans to make sure the proper security measures are in place. Noem took time this morning to visit Bourbon Street, the site of the New Year’s Day terror attack that killed 14 people…

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Shreveport Police have arrested a teenager who stole a vehicle that had a one-year-old inside. It happened Friday night and Corporal Christopher Bordelon says the owner of the vehicle ran inside to grab a coat for herself and her baby, when the vehicle was taken…

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The infant was recovered safely in the parking lot of a Walmart and the vehicle was in a Circle K Parking lot.  17-year-old Marcus Madden was arrested at an apartment complex and faces several charges including simple kidnapping.

Girls flag football could soon be a sanctioned high school sport in Louisiana. Louisiana High School Coaches Association Director Eric Held says the LHSAA executive committee is expected to finalize approval at its April meeting…

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Held says they heard from over 100 high schools who said they are interested in fielding a girls flag football team.