Two people are dead from a plane crash in south Louisiana. The small aircraft went down near Raceland. Authorities have identified the victims as Lyle Pannepinto and Lauren Menkemeller. Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson says Pannepinto is the owner of Southern Seaplanes and Menkemeller was training as a pilot for the company…

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The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.

The new tariffs President Trump has imposed on nearly all of the United States trading partners, means shrimp coming from India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand will have a tariff rate of 26 to 46-percent. Leann Bosard, a board member at the Southern Shrimp Alliance is glad to see the cost of imported shrimp will now be higher…

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Bossard hopes this will result in an increase in consumption for domestic caught shrimp.

The hurricane forecast team at Colorado State University is calling for an above-average hurricane season. Researcher Lauren Beard says warm water in the Atlantic will help produce 17 named storms, nine hurricanes and four major hurricanes and the chances of an El Nino developing in the season are low. Beard says based on their research; there’s a 33-percent chance that a major hurricane will hit the Gulf Coast…

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The C-S-U team will update its forecast on June 11^th.

Gas prices are on the rise. Supply is down as refineries shut down to switch to a summer blend gasoline. The statewide average for a regular gallon of gasoline in Louisiana is $2.82, but Triple-A’s Don Redman says if you go out west it’s much more expensive…

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Two people are dead from a plane crash in south Louisiana. The small aircraft went down near Raceland. Authorities have identified the victims as Lyle Pannepinto and Lauren Menkemeller. Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson says Pannepinto is the owner of Southern Seaplanes and Menkemeller was training as a pilot for the company…

Cut 13 (09)  “…went down.”

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.

The new tariffs President Trump has imposed on nearly all of the United States trading partners, means shrimp coming from India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand will have a tariff rate of 26 to 46-percent. Leann Bosard, a board member at the Southern Shrimp Alliance is glad to see the cost of imported shrimp will now be higher…

Cut 4 (13) “…antibiotics”

Bossard hopes this will result in an increase in consumption for domestic caught shrimp.

The statewide average price for a gallon of regular gas jumped three-cents from yesterday to $2.82.  Sean Richardson has more.

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Tulane quarterback TJ Finley, who started his college career at LSU, has been arrested for allegedly driving around in a stolen vehicle. Finley told authorities he bought the Dodge Ram in Atlanta, but police say it’s a stolen truck from Georgia. Finley has been suspended from the Tulane football program. The Ponchatoula native is set to make his next court appearance on June 1^st.

There’s at least one group that’s applauding President Trump’s tariffs – at least on one specific import. Andrew Greenstein explains.

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State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley wants to see more high school students participate in internships and apprenticeships…

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A new accountability system will go into effect next school year and part of the grade for high schools will be on student participation in internships and apprenticeships.

The hurricane forecast team at Colorado State University is calling for an above-average hurricane season. Lead researcher Phil Klotzbach says warm water in the Atlantic will help produce 17 named storms, nine hurricanes and four major hurricanes and the chances of an El Nino are quite low…

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Klotzbach says based on their research, there’s a 33-percent chance that a major hurricane will hit the Gulf Coast from the Florida panhandle to Brownsville, Texas.

The defending national LSU gymnastics squad begins NCAA postseason journey tonight as they will compete in the Penn State Regional. LSU won the SEC regular season championship, and they won the SEC Gymnastics meet.   Mike Smith who is the announcer at LSU gym home meets says the Tigers are the favorites to repeat as national champs…

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Tonight’s meet begins at 6 PM and if the Tigers finish in the top two of tonight’s session, they advance to the regional final on Saturday.

President Trump announced plans for a ten-percent tariff on all imports into the United States today. Trump says some countries will be hit with a 50-percent tariff for what he says is payback for unfair trade practices. U-N-O economics professor Dub Lane says while countries will pay a tax on the goods they export to the United States, those extra costs will end up being passed along to the consumer.

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Governor Jeff Landry has enacted a hiring freeze across Louisiana’s executive branch of government from April 11^th until June 30^th. Landry says it will save the state 20 million dollars. The executive order comes just a few days after the failure of Constitutional Amendment 2, which could result in a decline in teacher salaries.

A warrant has been issued for a Slidell man after investigators say he forced his way into a home and assaulted a woman. Lieutenant Suzanne Carboni says St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to the home U-S Highway 190 East, learning that 52-year-old Tyrone Mercadel had kicked in the door and attacked the woman.

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Carboni says in self-defense, the woman fired two shots, hitting Mercadel in the leg.

Experian has teamed up with LSU women’s basketball star Flau’jae Johnson to help relieve five-million dollars of consumer debt for five-thousand families in Louisiana. Christina Roman with Experian says the partnership is perfect since Experian and Johnson both promote financial literacy…

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Governor Landry has ordered a hiring freeze within the state’s executive branch. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Most of north Louisiana, including Shreveport, Ruston, Farmerville and Monroe are under a tornado watch until midnight tonight. The National Weather Service says scattered hail up to two inch inches in size is possible. Gusts of wind up to 70 miles per hour is also possible.

This afternoon President Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on countries from around the world to match the tariffs those countries have placed on U-S goods shipped to them. The President has said this will result in more manufacturing in the U-S as companies will want to make those products in America to avoid the tariffs. But UNO economics professor Dub Lane says there’s a reason many goods are manufactured overseas in the first place…

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Experian has teamed up with LSU women’s basketball star Flau’ jae Johnson to help relieve five-million dollars of debt for families in Louisiana. Christina Roman with Experian says the five-thousand families who will have their debt relieved were chosen by ForgiveCo…

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Johnson says Experian will help provide a financial game plan for those blocked by debt.