12:30 Newscast, February 19th, 2016

“To Kill A Mockingbird” novelist Harper Lee has died at the age of 89. LSU Professor Jessica Lacher Feldman was Lee’s handler when she visited and spoke at the University of Alabama. She says Lee’s first novel was influential because Lee wrote about race and gender issues in a very real, but idealized, way…:
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Feldman says Lee’s recently released book “Go Set A Watchman,” broke many publishers records.

Early voting begins Saturday for the March 5th Presidential Primary in Louisiana. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says registered Republicans and Democrats can only vote in their respective parties. He says local elections are taking place…:
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You can early vote through next Saturday.

The ACLU of Louisiana issued a statement in response to the latest Crime Stoppers viral video by St. Landry Parish’s Captain Clay Higgins looking for wanted Gremlins Gang members. Emelie Gunn reports..:
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One of the men suspected of killing an Angola prison guard decades ago pleaded no contest to lesser charges today and was ordered to be released from prison. 69-year-old Albert Woodfox is the last of the Angola Three still incarcerated.