8:30 AM LRN Newscast

A new report shows just how much New Orleans schools have improved over the last 20 years. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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AAA finds it now costs more than one-thousand dollars a month to own a new car. AAA spokesman Don Redman says electric vehicle are the most expensive to own…

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This may come as no surprise, but it’s official Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin and the purple and gold are the villains of college football.  That’s according to research done by Bet-Online Sports and Casino. The sportsbook tracked tweets, hashtags and key phrases from fans across the country on which team fans are rooting for when LSU faces Ole Miss on Saturday and apparently Louisiana’s alone in rotting for the tigers and particularly coach Kiffin.

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And the hits just keep on coming.  Tigers starting quarterback Sam Leavitt is listed as doubtful on the team’s availability report for this weekend’s match-up.

There’s good news and bad news from the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission with a record low number of crash injuries in 2025.  But DWI fatalities went up 11 percent.

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