08:30 Newscast, November 17th, 2016

The Alton Sterling case is still under investigation even though the Minnesota police officer involved in Philando Castile’s death has been charged with second degree manslaughter. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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Governor John Bel Edwards says it’s a shame students on TOPS will have to pay about 60% of their tuition in the spring, and on his call-in radio show indicated he is committed to working with legislators to make sure that recipients of the award will not have to foot as much of the bill next year…:
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The once hit reality A&E show Duck Dynasty featuring the Robertson family in West Monroe, will be no more after this current season. In a statement, the network says that after 5 years and 130 episodes, A&E and the Robertson family decided jointly that that the series will end in April.

Our kids are not getting enough exercise according to a study out of LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The 2016 US Report Card on Physical Activity for Children finds that less than 22-percent of kids ages 6 to 19 meet the guidelines. Researcher Peter Katzmarzyk says a lack of exercise at an early age will lead to health problems in the future…:
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The report found that less than 13-percent of children walk or ride their bikes to school, and nearly 63-percent of children are getting too much screen time per day.