2:30 LRN Newscast

Congresswoman Julia Letlow has released a poll that shows her ahead of incumbent Bill Cassidy by one percent in the Senate Republican Primary. The survey of 600 likely GOP primary voters has Letlow at 27-percent, Cassidy at 26-percent  and John Fleming at 19-percent. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross expects a tight race through the May the 16th primary…

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It’s a chilly Saint Patrick’s Day as high temperatures are in the low 50s. There are parades in New Orleans for St. Patty’s Day and LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says it’s one of the chilliest March 17th’s on record…

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It will begin to warm up tomorrow.

 

For the second year in a row, the Southern University School of Nursing has been ranked by nurse-dot-org as the best nursing school in the country. Sandra Brown, the dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health, says this means they are graduating nurses who are well educated…

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Southern University produces the largest number of Black nurses in the state and the third most in the country.

The McNeese men’s basketball team left today for Oklahoma City, where it will play Vanderbilt on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament. It’s the third year in a row the Pokes are in the Big Dance and athletics director Heath Schroyer says that’s a huge accomplishment…

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