12:30 PM LRN Newscast

LSU Athletic jerseys will be sporting a new patch in the 2026/2027 season. In a multi-year precedent-setting deal, 21 of the Tiger’s competition apparel will sport the Woodside Energy Logo. No specific details about what the Australian based company is going to be paying for the privilege.  It’s reported to be a multimillion-dollar deal and covers every sport. The NCAA is allowing the patches but they will not be allowed on jersey’s during championship games.

Funeral services for Legendary football coach Pat Collins is tomorrow in Monroe. Collins led Northeast Louisiana University, now known as ULM, to the Division One-Double-A Championship in 1987. Former N-L-U receiver Tag Rome was an assistant coach on that national championship team and says Coach Collins was a father figure, and you knew where you stood with him…

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The Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office rolls out new technology to warn drivers of oncoming pursuits. Andrew Greenstein reports.

Cut 1 (34) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

The town of Oberlin is morning an 8th Grade Student of the Year. 14-year-old Kulyn Brooks was killed in a hit-and-run over the weekend. Investigators say the teen was crossing Hwy 165 on an electric bicycle Saturday when he was hit by a white dully truck that was pulling a horse trailer. Allen Parish Authorities are looking for the driver of the truck they observed on footage from a nearby camera and that they believe hit the teen and drove away. In October, Kulyn was named eighth-grade Student of the Year at Oberlin High School. He was an alter boy at his church and a multi-sport athlete. Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case.