12:30 LRN Newscast

Early voting continues in Louisiana through Tuesday, except for Sunday. There’s been very little polling in the US Senate race, except for two polls paid for the Democrat in the race, Jamie Davis, and the latest poll showed Davis just percentage points behind Republican Julia Letlow. Letlow calls it a bogus poll…

Cut 8 (11) “…double digits”

The Louisiana Department of Health has added three new substances to the state’s list of Schedule One controlled substances. Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Pete Croughan (CROW-ghin) says the three substances are all new formulations of kratom, which the legislature outlawed last year.

Cut 14 (10) “…lead on that.”

 

On Saturday, it’s the Acadiana Card Show at the Heymann Center in Lafayette. The inaugural event in August brought more than 22-hundred collectors from the Gulf South to Lafayette. Cofounder Cody Bergeron says they knew Acadiana needed something like this and the turnout in August was more than they expected…

Cut  9 (08) “…and more”

The Acadiana Card Show will run from 9 AM to 4 PM at the Heymann Center and the admission is five dollars, kids 12 and under get in for free.

According to Connect L-A more than 44-thousand homes and businesses in north Louisiana have received broadband access between December 2023 to December 2025. Tha t is more than three times faster than the national average. Veneeth Iyengar, the executive director of Connect LA, also says it is setting the pace for the state…

Cut 11 (08) “…than Louisiana overall”