10:30 LRN Newscast January 6

LSU athletics reportedly paid 1.7 million dollars to buyout the final two years of Matt Canada’s contract. So the search is on for a new offensive coordinator. Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham believes Athletics Director Joe Alleva is willing to spend a lot on a new play caller…
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Worsham says finding Canada’s replacement will be very important for Orgeron, because if he misfires again, it could mean the end of his tenure at LSU.

A mother and her three children survived an attack by a man with scissors who stabbed the four victims and also attempted to take his own life. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks says they arrested 29-year-old Dung Van Tran…
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Hicks says all of the stabbing wounds are non-life threatening.

The Trump administration is proposing to vastly expand offshore drilling off the coast of the United States. Matt Doyle reports the proposal has the support of Louisiana Congressional delegation…
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Louisiana House Speaker Taylor Barras told the Associated Press the legislature is still waiting on more specifics about Governor Edwards plan to address a looming one-billion dollar budget deficit. Edwards has said he wants to stabilize the budget with a revenue neutral tax plan, but Barras says he also wants to reduce state spending.