10:30 LRN Newscast May 12th

Voters do not want to see their taxes go up, according to a survey from Southern Media and Opinion Research. Emelie Gunn has more…
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A deployment ceremony will take place tomorrow in Pineville as over 160 soldiers in the Louisiana National Guard’s 1086th Transportation Company will provide logistic transportation support Kuwait. Colonel Ed Bush says they were also activated last year…
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A 35-year-old man is facing three counts of attempted first degree murder after shooting at law enforcement during a standoff in Avoyelles Parish yesterday. State Trooper Scott Moreau says Brandon Carpenter of Elizabeth barricaded himself inside a residence in Moreauville and during negotiations, Carpenter fired at officers…
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The Trooper and the Marksville Police Officers were transported to a local hospital where they received treatment for non-life threatening injuries.

The former Mayor of the Village of Tangipahoa and retired NFL player Michael Dywane Jackson was killed in motorcycle wreck Tangipahoa Parish early this morning. State Police say Jackson was driving a motorcyle at a high rate of speed on US 51 and smashed into another vehicle killing the driver in that car.