13:30 LRN Newscast January 24

A possible hunger crisis may be in Louisiana’s future as the government shutdown continues.
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Governor John Bel Edwards office says the criminal justice reforms approved by the legislature in 2017 has helped crime rates drop in Caddo Parish. Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator says overall crime has dropped 54-percent in 20 years, with a 14-percent decline last year. Prator credits public involvement and hard work by his deputies.

UL-Lafayette is mourning the loss of volunteer softball coach Geri Glasco, who was one of two people killed in a five vehicle wreck on I-10 in Lafayette during the overnight hours. Glasco is the daughter of the head softball coach for the Lady Cajuns. State Police Trooper Thomas Gossen says the chain reaction crash occurred in a construction zone and it appears a semi didn’t slow down and hit another vehicle from behind. He says motorists need to slow down in a construction zone…
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The recently sworn in mayor of Shreveport Adrian Perkins is attending the US Conference of Mayors Annual winter meeting in Washington D-C. Perkins believes attending this conference can help him as he tackles some of Shreveport’s infrastructure problems…
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