12:30 LRN Newscast January 17

State representative Katrina Jackson, a democrat from Monroe, will speak tomorrow at the National March for Life Rally in Washington D.C. Jackson authored a 2014 law that required abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at a local hospital to operate. Jackson says their aim is the eventual reversal of the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion.
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Thousands are expected to be in attendance for the 46th annual march.

The city of Zachary has been hit with three different companies in the last week announcing lay-offs at their facilities, meaning hundreds in East Baton Rouge will soon be out of a job. Governor John Bel Edwards says the state’s economy is strong and if you’ve been laid off, there are options…
cut 8 (10) “….that done”

A 51-year-old bicyclist allegedly assaulted an Alexandria Police officer with the officer’s own TASER, then held a gun to that officer’s head after being stopped for a traffic violation. Corporal Wade Bourgeois says the violent confrontation began when the officer tried to issue a routine citation…
Cut 3 (12) “…confrontation.”
Bourgeois says after making threats against the officer, Vernon Holden fled and was later apprehended behind a shed.

A military jury has convicted Barksdale Air Force airman Isaiah Edwards in the fatal stabbing of his roommate during a deployment to Guam last year. Edwards will be sentenced this afternoon and faces a life sentence. Edwards tried to claim he killed 20-year-old Bradley Hale in self defense.

11:40 LRN Sportscast January 17

There could be some Saints fans starting to get nervous about Sunday’s NFC Championship game against the Rams. Last week, New Orleans fell behind 14-0 before coming back to beat Philadelphia 20-14. Quarterback Drew Brees says a win like that gives them confidence they can pull out a victory when the tough gets going…
cut 18 (13) “….make it”
Saints Wide receiver Keith Kirkwood and tight end Ben Watson missed practice yesterday. Kirkwood has a calf injury and Watson was under the weather. The Rams had zero players on their injury report.

Attorney General Jeff Landry says beware of ticket scams if you are trying to buy tickets for Sunday’s NFC Championship game. Landry says make sure the ticket seller belongs to the National Association of Ticket Brokers or has a guarantee policy. And he says if you have tickets…
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He says scalpers can steal the bar codes and create a counterfeit ticket.

If you stayed up to watch last night’s Pelicans game, you saw a record for the number of three pointers made in an NBA game. 43 of them went through the hoop in a Golden State victory. Stephen Curry hit nine 3-pointers and finished with 41 points in 147-140 victory for the defending champs.

Great crowd in Lake Charles last night to watch McNeese defeat Nicholls 86-75. There were 27-hundred fans inside the new Health and Human Performance Complex. McNeese improved to 2-3 in the Southland, Nicholls fell to 3-2.

Tonight, Louisiana Tech is at Old Dominion. The Bulldogs are looking for their first conference road win and they are only giving up 61 points a game in league contests. That leads Conference USA. Tip time is 6 PM.

9:30 LRN Newscast January 17

A democratic state lawmaker from Monroe is set to speak in front of the tens of thousands who will attend the 46th annual March for Life in DC. Matt Doyle has more.
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Today in Marksville, it’s the funeral for 10-year-old Brieanna Layne Descant. She was one of the five children killed in the fiery crash on a Florida highway as a church van was on its way to Disney World. Family members say Brieanna loved to sing and was always full of life.

Starting at 10 AM at the Mercedes Benz Superdome Box office, concert goers can purchase Rolling Stones tickets for their show on May 2nd during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest. Festival producer Quint Davis…
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Fans started lining up for their chance to buy tickets last night.

If you are looking for tickets to Sunday’s NFC Championship game, StubHub has seats ranging as cheap as 280 dollars to 24-hundred dollars in the bunker clubs. StubHub’s Akzhay Khanna says they are also seeing activity from Louisiana customers buying tickets for the Super Bowl in Atlanta…
cut 5 (09) “…make it through”
The Saints are a 3.5 point favorite beat the Rams on Sunday.

8:30 LRN Newscast January 17

Governor Edwards says nearly 6,000 federal workers in the Bayou State are suffering without paychecks as the longest government shutdown in history drags on. Edwards sympathizes with their struggle.
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Edwards says 333 federal workers in Louisiana are applying for unemployment benefits.

Attorney General Jeff Landry says beware of ticket scams if you are trying to buy tickets for Sunday’s NFC Championship game. Landry says make sure the ticket seller belongs to the National Association of Ticket Brokers or has a guarantee policy. And he says if you have tickets…
cut 7 (06) “….dome”
He says scalpers can steal the barcodes and create a counterfeit ticket.

Fans are lining up at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to purchase tickets for the Rolling Stones who are set to perform at the New Orleans Heritage and Jazz Festival on May 2nd…
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A steel-covered walkway is being installed at the entrance of the 86-year-old state capitol building. It’s to protect visitors from falling pieces of mortar that are breaking off the building and falling to the ground. Currently, the state doesn’t have the money to correct the problem.

7:30 LRN Newscast January 17

Governor John Bel Edwards says there are six-thousand federal workers impacted by the partial federal government shutdown. He sympathizes with the ones who are having a hard time paying the bills as the shutdown reaches 27 days…
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Edwards says 333 federal workers in Louisiana have applied for unemployment benefits.

Two-thousand Louisiana high school students are in Washington D-C for tomorrow’s National March for Life Rally. These young people want the U-S Supreme court to reverse Roe vs Wade. State Representative Katrina Jackson, a democrat from Monroe, is in the nation’s capital with them…
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Jackson will speak at the national rally tomorrow.

Fans wishing to get inside The Superdome for the NFC championship game will have to fork over several hundred dollars according to StubHub. Head of Partnerships for the NFL at StubHub Akxhay Khanna (AWK-shea CON-uh) says even nosebleed tickets will cost you some…
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Ticket scammers are also looking to make a buck and Attorney General Jeff Landry says if a ticket deal seems too good to be true it is…
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Landry says avoid sites like Craigslist, because many tickets on that site are not verified.

The city of Zachary in East Baton Rouge parish has received three economic development hits in the last week which will result in the loss of hundreds of jobs. Thompson Pipe Group says its closing its manufacturing plant later this year which will affect 120 workers. Georgia-Pacific last week announced they were laying off 650 workers at their Port Hudson paper mill and BASF is shutting down a chemical plant that employs 54.

6:45 LRN Sportscast

The Pelicans and Warriors set an NBA record by hitting a combined 43 3s, but it was Golden State who made more of them as they defeated the Pels 147 to 140. The Warriors knocked down 24 three-pointers, Steph Curry made nine of them and finished with 41 points. Anthony Davis had 30 points and 18 rebounds in the loss. Nikola Mirotic added 29 points.

Roydell Brown had a career-high 25 points as McNeese defeated Nicholls 86-75 in front of 27-hundred fans at the new Health and Human Performance complex. Kevin Johnson had 16 points for the Colonels.

Southeastern Louisiana won its first league game as the Lions upended Lamar 76-69 behind 22 points from Marlain Veal. UNO won its fourth straight as the Privateers dribbled past Stephen F Austin 68-61. UNO fell behind 17-4, but got 15 points off the bench from Troy Green.

40-year-old Saints Quarterback Drew Brees will go up against a Rams defense on Sunday in the NFC Championship game that’s led by their 71-year-old defensive coordinator Wade Phillips. Brees says he knows Phillips likes to bring the heat…
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Remember after the Saints beat the Rams in the regular season, Los Angeles cornerback Marcus Peters was not happy with Coach Sean Payton for what he was saying and said if they met again, they would have a nice little bowl of gumbo together. But Peters said on Wednesday that his original comments were blown out of proportion…
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Kick off Sunday is at 2:05.

6:30 LRN Newscast January 17

It’s day 27 of the partial federal government shutdown and for many federal employees, like T-S-A workers, they continue to work without a pay check. Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s concerned that prolonging the shutdown could present safety risks to the public…
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State representative Katrina Jackson, a democrat from Monroe, will speak tomorrow at the National March for Life Rally in Washington D.C. Jackson authored a 2014 law that required abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at a local hospital to operate. Jackson says their aim is the eventual reversal of the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion.
Cut 14 (10) “…women’s health.”
Tens of thousands are expected to be in attendance for the 46th annual march.

Rooting for the Saints in the Superdome will cost Who Dats a pretty penny. Connor Ferrill has the story.
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Homefield advantage has been a real benefit in championship games. The home team has won every NFL conference title game since 2013.

17:30 LRN Newscast

Three men have been arrested in connection with last week’s shooting death of Shreveport Police Officer Chateri Payne. Kevin Barnhart has the story
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Terrebonne Parish Sheriff deputies have arrested a 12-year-old girl at Houma Junior High after allegedly threatening to shoot three of her classmates. The threat was made on Instagram. Deputies say the juvenile admitted to sending the message as a joke, but she was still booked at the Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Justice Center.

The statewide average price for regular gasoline rose three cents over night to a $1.97. AAA fuel analyst Don Redman says gasoline prices are up on average about a nickel over the last week as crude oil prices have also been on the rise…
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Governor John Bel Edwards has said his biggest legislative priority for the legislative session that begins in April is a pay raise of at least one-thousand dollars for teachers and five-hundred dollars for school support personnel. Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President Stephen Waguespack says they support an increase in teacher pay….
cut 10 (09) “…address that”
Waguespack says LABI oppose any tax increase to pay for the higher teacher salaries.

16:30 LRN Newscast January 16

Shreveport Police Chief Ben Raymond said today that one of three people involved in last week’s fatal shooting of police officer Chateri Payne was the victim’s boyfriend and father of their child. He’s been identified as 26-year-old Treveon Anderson. Raymond says they also recovered the murder weapon, a 40 caliber gun…
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Raymond says two other men have been arrested and all three suspects are facing second-degree murder charges.

For weeks we have seen gas prices on the decline, but now they are heading back in the other direction. AAA Fuel Analyst Don Redman says the price at the pump nearly jumped three cents overnight…
cut 6 (11) “…climb”
Redman points to rising crude oil prices as the reason for the increase.

Louisiana Association of Business and Industry says they are preparing to fight back against any tax proposals to fund the Governor’s proposed 1,000 dollar teacher pay raise. Matt Doyle has the story.
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And after saying anyone but the Saints when asked who she would like to see in the Super Bowl in Atlanta, Atlanta Mayor Kiesha Lance Bottoms said fans from all 32 teams are welcomed…
cut 14 (12) “….the entire world”
The Super Bowl is February 3rd.

LRN Pm Newscall January 16th

Three men have been arrested in connection with last week’s shooting death of Shreveport Police Officer Chateri Payne.  Kevin Barnhart has the story

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Louisiana Association of Business and Industry says they are preparing to fight back against any attempts to raise revenue to fund the Governor’s proposed 1,000 dollar teacher raises.  Matt Doyle has the story.

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Three men have been arrested in connection with last week’s shooting death of Shreveport Police Officer Chateri Payne. Payne’s boyfriend and father of her young child, 26-year-old Treveon Anderson, claims he was home when he heard gunshots and ran outside to shoot at a suspect. But Police Chief Ben Raymond says evidence later debunked that story.

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Raymond says two other men arrested, 22-year-old Lawrence Pierre and 38-year-old Glenn Frierson, are considered accomplices.  He adds more arrests are possible.

Cut 4 (08) “…charges will follow″

Raymond says the three arrested are currently facing second degree murder charges.  He credits the work of all agencies involved in the captures.

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For weeks we have seen gas prices on the decline but now they are heading back in the other direction. AAA Fuel Analyst Don Redman says the price at the pump nearly jumped three cents overnight…

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Redman says prices are typically their lowest around this time of year because of a healthy supply of gasoline paired with low demand but crude oil prices have been rising…

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Redman says even with the price of crude oil rising you shouldn’t expect any huge jumps in prices until the start of summer…

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The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry says they are preparing to fight back against any attempts to raise revenue to fund the Governor’s proposed 1,000 dollar teacher, and 500 dollar school support personnel pay raise. President Stephen Waguespack, on AM Baton Rouge, says unnamed leaders have mentioned their support a pay raise tax.

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Governor Edwards says no new taxes will be needed to fund the pay raise, which he estimates can be paid for by additional revenue from a surging economy.

Waguespack says he supports some form of a raise for teachers, but did not confirm supporting the raise for support personnel. Still, he says Louisiana teachers actually fare better than their counterparts when you factor in the total compensation package offered.

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Louisiana Federation of Teachers spokesperson Les Landon could not confirm that claim.

Instead of a flat raise for all Bayou State teachers, Waguespack, the business lobbyist, supports utilizing the same amount of funds, or fewer, to reward teachers who he feels perform better than their peers.

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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she was only kidding when she said  “Anybody but the Saints” when asked, who she would like to see in the Super Bowl. Bottoms addressed the minor controversy at a pre-Super Bowl press conference for the February 3rd game…

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New Orleans City Councilman Jay Banks stood up for Saints fans by saying the Atlanta mayor is still upset her team blew a 25-point lead in the 2017 Super Bowl. Bottoms says it was a just when she said she didn’t want the Saints in the Super Bowl, but Saints have to understand where she’s coming from…

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Bottoms says she wants to make it clear, she welcomes fans from all 32 teams to Atlanta for the Super Bowl….

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