5:30 LRN Newscast

Democrats are looking to ride the momentum of Jamie Davis’ strong showing against Julia Letlow in the U.S. Senate race into next year’s state legislature elections. While it’s unlikely that Democrats can win enough seats to gain control of the House or the Senate, Louisiana House Democratic Caucus Chairman Kyle Green says he’s confident that Democrats can break the Republican supermajority.

Cut 10 (12) “…well within reach.” 

Big game in Death Valley Saturday afternoon as LSU hosts Alabama. The Crimson Tide’s run game has disappeared in its last two games, but with his team facing a Death Valley crowd, Head Coach Kalen DeBoer says it will be important to establish the ground game on the road.

Cut 8 (09) “…win there.”

With the new SpaceX spaceport on the way in Vermilion Parish, UL Lafayette is expanding its space-focused academic programs in aerospace and computing. Kace Kieschnick reports.

Cut 1 (35) “…I’m Kace Kieschnick.”

A Lake Charles woman will spend the rest of her life behind bars for killing her four-year-old son and abandoning her one-year-old son. 28-year-old Aaliyah Jack was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for second-degree murder and 15 years for cruelty to children. A jury convicted her of those charges in September.