12:30 LRN Newscast January 4th

A mobile home fire in East Baton Rouge Parish has killed three people, a mother and her two daughters. Zachary Fire Chief Danny Kimble says it looks like the family didn’t receive a warning to get out of the burning home…
cut 7 (10) “…should have”
An exact cause of the fire has not been determined, but the state has seen an uptick in fires because of the cold weather.

A teenager was found with multiple stab wounds inside a Lafayette home and later died from his wounds. A 32-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter. Lafayette Police Corporal Bridgette Dugas says they believe an argument between the teen and 32-year-old Lawrence Allen the Second escalated into murder…
cut 4 (07) “…domestic situation”
Allen will be booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.

A bad flu season in Louisiana is only getting worse. Don Molino has more on how to cope.
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Don Molino.”

Defensive Coordinator Dave Aranda is getting more money to stay at LSU after receiving a significant offer from Texas A&M. Aranda was already the highest paid assistant college football coach in the country and now he’s set to make on average 2.5 million dollars a year.