4:30 LRN Newscast

The dust has barely settled from last week’s midterm elections, but attention is already shifting to next year’s governor’s race. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The Country Music Association says they are in touch with Sammy Kershaw’s team after the 90s country music star from Kaplan announced on Facebook he’s been denied the red carpet for the 2026 CMA Awards. Fans of the 68-year-old performer are supporting Kaplan who has seen his followers on Facebook grow and two of his songs are now charting on ITunes.

 

State and local officials broke ground this morning on a Buc-ee’s store in Lafayette. The 74-thousand square foot store will be located at the Louisiana Avenue- -10 exit. Governor Landry was on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony…

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The other Louisiana Buc-ee’s store is already under construction in Ruston and expected to open in April.

An embarrassing end to the Grambling-Arkansas Pine Bluff football game on Saturday as a major brawl broke out when the contest ended which has resulted in the suspension of 14 Grambling players and nine from UAPB. Grambling Coach Mickey Joseph…

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The SWAC has also fined each school 25 thousand dollars.