12:30 Newscast, January 26th, 2017

A close friend of the fallen Westwego police officer is raising money for his family on a Go Fund Me Page. Halen Doughty has more…:
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A team of LSU mechanical engineers are in California to test out a pod that can float inside a vacuum tube and travel 500 to 600 miles per hour. The team’s faculty adviser Aly-Mousaad Aly says they are eager to see how fast the pod will actually travel…:
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A Grand Isle woman who allegedly backed over her husband with a truck killing him, has been charged with DWI and vehicular homicide, according to the Jefferson Parish records. 46-year-old Sherry Pruitt os being held on $26,150 bond.

The historic loss the LSU men’s basketball team suffered last night against Florida might be all she wrote for Tiger Coach Johnny Jones. That’s according to Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham. LSU fell 106-71 to the Gators, the worst loss at home since 1963. But Worsham doesn’t think Athletic Director Joe Alleva will fire Jones mid-season like he did Les Miles…:
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But he says all bets are off once the season is over.