06:30 LRN Newscast February 5

Former Northeast Louisiana University Quarterback Doug Pederson is a Super Bowl champion this morning as the head coach of the Eagles guided Philadelphia to its first Super Bowl Championship with a 41-33 victory over the New England Patriots…
cut 30 (09) “…get it done”
Former LSU Tigers Jalen Mills and Donnie Jones are also Super Bowl champs.

3rd District Congressman Clay Higgins has 50-thousand-dollars in the bank for a re-election bid and still needs to repay seven-thousand-dollars in debt from his 2016 campaign. Political analyst Bernie Pinosnat says even though Higgins is well liked in southwest Louisiana, he needs more funds to get re-elected…
Cut 10 (09) “work hard.”
Higgins has the fewest dollars on hand out of Louisiana’s Congressional delegation as mid-term elections take place in November.

State Police reinstates a highway safety traffic program. Michelle Southern reports changes have been made after a TV news report found troopers receiving overtime pay, even though they were at home
Voicer 1 (23) “I’m Michelle Southern.”

We are waiting on more information from State Police on a fatal accident that claimed the lives of two teenagers who attended North Vermilion High School in Maurice. The head on crash happened last night on Highway 167.