8:30 LRN Newscast December 27

A tornado watch is in effect until 11 this morning for southwest Louisiana. The watch box stretches from central Louisiana into north central Louisiana. The National Weather Service says a slow moving cold front has the potential to drop anywhere between two to seven inches of rain.

A fundraiser takes place tonight in Monroe as Congressman Ralph Abraham looks to collect a bunch of money to challenge Governor John Bel Edwards in next year’s governor’s race…
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”

Investigators continue to look for clues that will lead to an arrest in Sunday night’s double homicide in Independence. 42-year-old Daytra Miller and her 13-year-old son Robert West Junior were shot to death by an unknown assailant. Tangipahoa Sheriff Daniel Edwards says Robert’s father has been questioned…
cut 5 (08) “…with us”
Edwards says there’s a 25-hundred dollar reward for information leading to an arrest.

In Shreveport, Louisiana chef John Folse is attempting to make the world’s largest pot of gumbo. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is there…
cut 11 (08) “…good seafood”
If you are going to the Independence Bowl, you can purchase a bowl for five-dollars. Proceeds will go to the Fisher House Foundation to provide housing for military families of patients in military and V-A medical centers.