9:30 LRN newscast

It will be a nice weekend, which should help the clean up process in Ruston as numerous trees are down and debris scattered everywhere from a powerful tornado that hit the Lincoln Parish town early Thursday morning. Governor John Bel Edwards says two people were killed, but the number of fatalities could have been higher…
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The two people killed have been identified as 35-year-old Kendra Butler and her 14-year-old son Remington.

The LSU Board of Supervisors meets this morning where they are expected to approve the contract for new athletics director Scott Woodward. Tiger Rag Editor James Moran says Woodward’s deal is six years long, worth eight million dollars…
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Woodward is also getting a 250-thousand dollar relocation bonus and 250-thousand dollars if he stays on the job for five years.

Attorneys General from around the nation are in Lafayette to address their roles in Emergency and Crisis Management. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says AGs play a pivotal role as the chief legal officers of their state, and sometimes have to wear many hats during distasters
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Landry says active shooter situations will also be discussed.

New Orleans Senator Wesley Bishop wanted to rename the stretch of Interstate 10 between the Texas and Mississippi lines as the “Who Dat Nation” highway, but found out, all of I-10 is renamed after veterans…
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So Bishop has amended his legislation that would add signage when you enter Louisiana from Texas or Mississippi that says Home of the Who Dat Nation. A similar sign would place at the I-10 exit for the Superdome.