15:30 Newscast, January 4th, 2016

The political community in Louisiana is in shock over the death of political blogger C.B Forgotston. Eric Gill reports…:
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Frost and light freezes are in tonight’s forecast throughout Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says areas north of the I-10/I-12 corridor will have a light freeze Tuesday morning, while other areas will have below freezing wind chill. He says things will warm up, but only slightly Wednesday as winter is coming…:
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Lafayette Police announce the arrest of a man wanted in connection with a shooting last week that killed two people. 21-year-old Tavis Jenkins of Alexandria was taken into custody without incident earlier today. Cpl. Paul Mouton says the shooting occurred on December 27th when Jenkins let himself into his ex-girlfriend’s Lafayette apartment and was confronted by 23-year-old Linton Batiste…:
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17-year-old Antonio Means and Batiste were both killed in the incident. Jenkins faces two counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder.

LSU quarterback Brandon Harris reportedly had surgery this morning for a sports hernia. It appears Harris had been playing with the injury since the Alabama game and is expected to be recovered in 4-6 weeks in time for spring practice.

There were no Powerball winners in Saturday’s drawing and the prize for Wednesday now goes to an estimated $400 million dollars.