8:30 LRN Newscast

The Advocate’s political reporter Tyler Bridges reports there’s a lot of speculation on what Congresswoman Julia Letlow does next. Will she run for re-election next year, will she seek to become the next president of LSU, or will she run for U-S Senate and challenge incumbent Bill Cassidy in next April’s Republican Party Primary? Bridges says Letlow would not speak to him for this article, but he spoke with dozens of others…

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Last week, Governor Landry cancelled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project, a three-billion-dollar coastal restoration project. The project is being replaced with the Myrtle Grove project, which Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says will achieve the goal in a much more cost-effective way.

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A Morgan City woman is working on a feature film about the first woman ever executed in the State of Louisiana. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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A former high school football star from New Orleans was fatally shot over the weekend in Tennessee. Last December, Corey Adams helped Edna Karr win a state title and he was preparing for his freshman season at Ole Miss, but Tennessee authorities say Adams was one of five people shot just outside of Memphis. He was the only one to succumb to his wounds, the others are listed in non-critical condition. No arrests have been made.