3:30 LRN Newscast January 27

LSU announces Bo Pelini is back as defensive coordinator. Pelini was the D-C for the Tigers for three seasons and helped LSU win a national title in 2007. LSU was 34-6 during Pelini’s three seasons in Baton Rouge.

NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s death in a California helicopter crash is a difficult blow for many people who loved watching Bryant play basketball. Pelicans players and coaches reflect on the Black Mamba’s legacy…
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Lawmakers have begun to file bills for the 2020 regular session that starts in March and there are two pieces of legislation that attempt to tackle the state’s sky-high auto insurance rates. Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt has authored a bill that allows the civil court system to take into account whether the plaintiff was wearing a seat belt…
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Hewitt is hopeful her legislation can pass out of a House chamber that’s nearly two-thirds Republican.

Two people from Kaplan, 29-year-old Kiristan Mitchell and 18-year-old Kalix Broussard, died this morning in a head-on crash on Highway 14 in Vermilion Parish. State Police Trooper Thomas Gossen says Mitchell crossed the center lines while trying to negotiate a curve
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Broussard, who graduated last year, was a star running back at Vermilion Catholic High School.