Today we find out whether or not Senator John Kennedy will jump into the 2019 governor’s race…
Cut 2 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”

LSU will play UCF in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, on New Year’s Day. The Knights have won 25 in a row and Coach Ed Orgeron says the Fiesta is the bowl his team was hoping for…
cut 15 (09) “…ready to play’
Kick-off will be at noon central time.

New CDC data indicates drug overdose deaths rose 12% in Louisiana from 2016 to 2017. President and CEO of Trust for America’s Health John Auerbach says this marks the first time that more than 1,000 people died in a single year from overdoses in Louisiana.
Cut 10 (10) “…the woods yet.”
Overdose deaths have contributed to the life expectancy rate declining for three straight years in the United States, a pattern not seen in 100 years.

A federal judge from Lake Charles who battled alcoholism was found dead in her home over the weekend. Calcasieu Coroner Doctor Terry Welke says Judge Patricia Minaldi’s death appears to be the result of natural causes. Minaldi served as a federal judge from 2003 to July 2017, when she went on disability retirement for treatment of severe alcoholism.