630AM LRN News

Only two games stand between the Tigers and a national title.  It’s win or go home for the Bayou Bengals as LSU clashes with Oklahoma at the Chick-fila Peach Bowl on Saturday.  QB Joe Burrow says while his Heisman is a big accomplishment, a national championship is much more important to him.

Cut 11 (10) “…is more significant.”

Saturday’s kickoff is scheduled for 3 PM Central.

Your discarded Christmas tree could be a building block in coastal restoration, and Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond wants you to drop them off at school’s campus. Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station manager Dr. Rob Moreau says using the trees to enhance wetlands has more benefits than putting them into a landfill.

Cut 7 (10) “…things like that.”

A 26-year-old Sulphur man is facing up to 15 years in prison for allegedly skateboarding down the I-210 Bridge just outside Lake Charles, and getting an accomplice to film it and put it on Facebook. State Police Trooper Derek Senegal says his office was alerted to the viral video that shows Louis McGlone doing tricks as he sped down the iconic bridge. Senegal isn’t sure what was going through his head…

Cut 13 (09) “…of it”

The video shows a man leisurely skating down the bridge in the late evening, doing tricks and waving at passers-by.

2019 is nearly in the books, so what does 2020 hold for Louisiana farmers? Louisiana Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says we’ve hit the 13 billion dollar mark in Ag revenue, and if the trade wars can come to a conclusion next year, we should blast right past that mark.

Cut 4 (11) “commodities”