6:30 AM LRN Newscast

A survey on the Republican Senate primary poll shows Congresswoman Julia Letlow is favored among GOP voters. Andre Champagne reports.

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Families in north Louisiana that rely on SNAP will see additional benefits because of the ice storm. Louisiana Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein (green-steen)…

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St. Tammany Parish will move forward with the largest single flood reduction initiative in state history. This, after it secures nearly four-million dollars in federal funding for a pair of projects. Michael Vinsanau with St. Tammany Parish says most of the money will go towards the St. Tammany Coastal Storm and Flood Risk Management Project.

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In October, two young sisters were killed in a house fire in Shreveport – and now, two people, including their grandmother, have been arrested. Shreveport Fire Chief Clarence Reese Jr. on the charges 50-year-old Rita Montgomery faces.

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Eight-year-old Aaliyah Robinson and five-year-old Danielle Spearman were killed in that fire.