4:30 LRN Newscast

Senator John Kennedy is seeking to pass a resolution that says senators’ would not get paid during government shutdowns. Kennedy brought the resolution up on the Senate floor on Sunday as Department of Homeland Security employees are currently not getting paid. Kennedy says it’s about shared sacrifice…

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Yesterday’s win by LSU over Texas Tech marked the end of an era in Baton Rouge as it was the last home game ever for senior guard Flau’Jae Johnson. Mikaylah Williams said Flau’Jae is an institution and deserves to be immortalized.

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The Lady Tigers do have unfinished business – they face Duke Friday in the Sacramento 2 Region semifinals.

ICE agents are lending a helping hand to TSA at airports across the country, including New Orleans. Joe Gallinaro reports.

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The pilot of a small plane was killed when it went down in Rapides Parish. The Beechcraft BE20 went down at around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. First responders found it in a vegetative and swampy area near the edge of Lake Rodemacher near Sharp, which is west of Boyce. The pilot was the only one on board the aircraft at the time. The aircraft was registered to a person in California.