17:30 LRN Newscast November 25

A central Louisiana family’s fight against a town’s ban against vicious dogs is making national headine lines. Eric Gill has more on the story from Moreauville…
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Louisiana continues to shatter employment records. Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Curt Eysink says the number of private employment jobs has grown by 31-thousand over the last year. Total non-farm employment in Louisiana reached over one-point-nine million in October, a new record high.

Republican Senate candidate Bill Cassidy received the endorsement today of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Meanwhile, Senator Mary Landrieu spent the afternoon in Houma meeting with workers at Weeks Marine Incorporated and speakign with seniors and disabled citizens at a senior center. Political analyst Bernie Pinsoonat says expect Landrieu to be active on the campaign trail leading up to the December sixth election, but it’s likely not enough to keep her job as US Senator…
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The former Destrehan High School teacher accused of participating in group sex with a 16-year-old student entered a not guilty plea to a charge of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. The judge loosened some restrictions of her bond, which will allow her to attend an exercise class and help her husband care for their three young children.