17:30 LRN Newscast October 20th

The head of the Louisiana NAACP spoke before the House Judiciary Committee and provided recommendations on how law enforcement and the public can work better together. Ernest Johnson believes officers should be more familiar with citizens in the areas they patrol…:
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Chairman Katrina Jackson plans to hold more meetings to come up with a universal community policing policy.

A new nonstop flight connecting London and New Orleans is coming soon. British Airways Senior Vice President Simon Brooks says starting in March, they will have flights leaving four times a week from Louis Armstrong to Heathrow Aiport…
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New Orleans businessman and US Senate candidate Abhay Patel has dropped out of the US Senate race. Patel’s name will still appear on the ballot along with 23 other names running for US Senate. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says if any other minor candidates drop out, it won’t have a huge impact….
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Patel has endorsed one of those five major canidates, Republican Charles Boustany.

LSU’s student paper, The Reveille, will end daily print editions in 2017, but expand it’s online efforts. Emelie Gunn has more…
voicer 2 (28) “I’m Emelie Gunn”