4:30 LRN Newscast

A group of inmates in the Evangeline Parish jail apparently improvised in getting their nicotine fix by turning to Jesus. Andrew Greenstein explains.

Cut 2 (28) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

Southern University has named six finalists to be its new president. Three of the six are currently serving in roles in Louisiana: John Belton, the district attorney for the state’s Third Judicial Court, Delgado Community College Chancellor Dr. Larissa Littleton-Steib and Baton Rouge Community College chancellor Dr. Willie Smith. Interviews will be conducted in the coming weeks.

Some studies have found relationships between greater consumption of ultra-processed foods and poorer cognitive outcomes, but researchers like Doctor Owen Carmichael of LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, are still working to determine how much of that relationship can be attributed directly to the foods themselves and how much may reflect diet, lifestyle or overall health…

Cut 11 (11) “…for people.”

The only junior college in the LSU system is experiencing tremendous growth. The fall enrollment at LSU Eunice has topped four-thousand for the first time ever and is approaching five-thousand. Chancellor Nancee Sorensen says the enrollment increase to just under 47-hundred students is the result of the school’s ability to adapt to changing times.

Cut 6 (12) “…in the past.”