LRN Newscast 14:30 CORRECTED 11-17-14

The search continues for the man responsible for the fatal shooting of a football coach from West St. John High School outside a Baton Rouge nightclub early Sunday morning. Twenty-seven year-old Juan Joseph was the quarterbacks coach on the team, and head coach Robert Valdez says he will be missed
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Joseph leaves behind a wife, four year-old daughter and one on the way.

More freezing temperatures hitting Louisiana tonight and freeze warnings are out for most of the state. The forecast is for middle-twenties in north and central Louisiana and right at freezing for the south. This is a bit unusual for this time…
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That’s National Weather Service Meteorologist Joe Rua.

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The Louisiana School Boards Association is reporting that public school superintendents are having trouble locating part-time and substitute teachers. According to Executive Director Scott Richard, it all stems from the Affordable Care Act, requiring that 30 hours a week employees, they must be offered health insurance…
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The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred in Jeanerette last night. Major Ryan Turner says Jeanerette Police officers responded to a suspicious person complaint, and when they arrived the suspect was brandishing a knife, and stabbed one of the officers…
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The suspect is 42 year-old Lance Duaphine of Jeanerette.

LRN Newscast 14:30 11-17-14

The search continues for the man responsible for the fatal shooting of a football coach from East St. John High School outside a Baton Rouge nightclub early Sunday morning. Twenty-seven year-old Juan Joseph was the quarterbacks coach on the team, and head coach Robert Valdez says he will be missed
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Joseph leaves behind a wife, four year-old daughter and one on the way.

More freezing temperatures hitting Louisiana tonight and freeze warnings are out for most of the state. The forecast is for middle-twenties in north and central Louisiana and right at freezing for the south. This is a bit unusual for this time…
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That’s National Weather Service Meteorologist Joe Rua.

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The Louisiana School Boards Association is reporting that public school superintendents are having trouble locating part-time and substitute teachers. According to Executive Director Scott Richard, it all stems from the Affordable Care Act, requiring that 30 hours a week employees, they must be offered health insurance…
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The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred in Jeanerette last night. Major Ryan Turner says Jeanerette Police officers responded to a suspicious person complaint, and when they arrived the suspect was brandishing a knife, and stabbed one of the officers…
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The suspect is 42 year-old Lance Dauphine of Jeanerette.

PM LRN Newscall November 17

Public school superintendents in Louisiana are having difficulties finding part-time and substitute teachers as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Eric Gill has more…

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A south Louisiana high school football coach was killed over the weekend in a shooting outside of a Baton Rouge night club. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Public school superintendents in Louisiana are having difficulties finding part-time and substitute teachers as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Scott Richard, Executive Director of the Louisiana School Boards Association, says work restrictions within the ACA, limiting part-time workers to 30 hours a week, is a real problem…

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Richard says if substitutes work more than 30 hours a week, they must be offered health insurance. He says this makes finding substitutes more difficult, especially when a teacher is on an extended leave. Richard says, now, school systems are basically using existing staff to cover for teachers who are out…

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He says school districts want qualified teachers subbing in the classroom when needed. Richard says they plan to work with the state legislature to ease restrictions on retired teachers returning to work…

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The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred in Jeanerette last night. Major Ryan Turner says Jeanerette Police officers responded to a suspicious person complaint. When they arrived, they learned the suspect had fled. Turner says the officers found the suspect a short time later…

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He says when officers caught up with the suspect, 42-year-old Lance Dauphine of Jeanerette, he brandished a knife at the officers. Turner says, as a result of the confrontation, Dauphine and one of the officer were taken to a local hospital…

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Detectives learned that the suspect was shot after stabbing the officer. Both individuals have been released from the hospital. Turner says Dauphine was immediately taken into custody upon his release… (Dauphine is charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder of a police officer.)

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West St. John High School in Edgard is mourning the death of one of its football coaches, who was killed early Sunday morning outside of a Baton Rouge nightclub. Authorities say Juan Joseph, who served as the Rams’ quarterbacks coach, got into an argument with some other men, when someone in a car fired shots. West St. John Head Coach Robert Valdez is in disbelief

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The search continues for the man responsible for the fatal shooting. Joseph was 27-years-old and was the quarterback on West St. John’s 2003 and 2004 state title teams. Valdez says Coach Joseph will be missed

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Joseph leaves behind a four-year-old daughter and his wife is expecting the birth of their second child. The West St. John football team faces Varnado in a playoff game this Friday. Valdez says he’ll miss his quarterbacks coach

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Louisiana is once again hit with another chilly day and is facing more freezing temperatures tonight. The National Weather Service has issued more freeze warnings for much of the state from 11pm tonight to 9am tomorrow morning. Meteorologist Joe Rua says most of the northern and central part of the state will get temperatures in the mid 20s…:

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Rua says the freeze is expected to last several hours. He says these temperatures are highly unusual for this time of year…:

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Rua says this winter weather event will linger tomorrow before it moves east…:

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13:30 Newscast November 17th, 2014

A south Louisiana high school football coach was killed over the weekend in a shooting outside of a Baton Rouge night club. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a new report which shows homelessness in Louisiana has fallen over the past four years. The numbers indicate a 12 percent decline in the number of homeless people over the past year and down about 63 percent since 2010.

Louisiana is once again hit with another chilly day and is facing more freezing temperatures tonight. The National Weather Service has issued more freeze warnings for the bottom half of the state from 11pm tonight to 9am tomorrow morning. Meteorologist Joe Rua says most of the northern and central part of the state will get temperatures in the mid 20s…:
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He says this winter weather event should be gone by Wednesday.

The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office is investigating an officer involved shooting out of Jeanerette. Major Ryan Turner says Jeanerette cops encountered the suspect causing a disturbance last night…:
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42-year-old Lance Dauphine of Jeanerette and the officer were released from the hospital and Dauhpine is charged with attempted murder.

12:30 Newscast November 17th, 2014

Public school superintendents in Louisiana are having difficulties finding part-time and substitute teachers as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Eric Gill has more…:
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Governor Bobby Jindal and officials at LSU broke ground today on the university’s new Engineering complex. When it’s complete — estimated in 2017, the new facility will be one of the largest free-standing engineering buildings in the nation according to a release from Jindal’s office.

The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred in Jeanerette last night. Major Ryan Turner says Jeanerette Police responded to a suspicious person complaint. When they arrived, they learned the suspect had fled. Turner says the officers found the suspect a short time later…:
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42-year-old Lance Dauphine was shot after stabbing the officer according to Turner. The suspect is charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder of a police officer.

Gas prices continue their rapid decline. The current statewide average for a gallon of regular is $2.71 which is down 6 cents from just last week.

11:40 LRN sportscast

Just a dreadful game for the Saints yesterday as they lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 27-10. Quarterback Drew Brees threw for 255 yards, but it only resulted in one fourth quarter touchdown. The Saints defense allowed former LSU running back Jeremy Hill to rush for 152 yards. And the Bengals converted 9-of-13 times on 3rd down. Coach Sean Payton says that’s unacceptable…
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And the news keeps getting worse for the Saints. Rookie wide receiver Brandin Cooks is expected to miss the next month with a broken thumb. Brooks is the team’s second leading receiver and the team’s punt returner. And Saints Safety Rafael Bush has a broken fibula and is likely done for the season.

LSU’s offense looked as bad as it’s ever looked on Saturday in a 17-0 defeat to Arkansas. Terrence Magee was LSU’s leading rusher and he only had 24 yards on seven carries. The senior from Franklington says losing two in a row is no fun…
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Quarterback Anthony Jennings threw for only 87 yards and sacked four times. He also had a fumble. Coach Les Miles said they stuck with Jennings, instead of bringing in Brandon Harris, because Jennings gave them the best chance to win.

In other college football action…the Ragin Cajuns won their sixth straight on Saturday as they defeated U-L-M 34-27. The Warhawks have lost six in a row, the last four have been by single digits.

Grambling State’s seven game winning streak ended on Saturday with a 27-23 loss to Alabama State.

10:30 Newscast November 17th, 2014

Metairie based polling company Multi-Quest has already asked a group of voters who they’d like to see as Louisiana’s next Governor and US-Senator David Vitter leads the pack with 25.9 percent. 53% of those surveyed are undecided says pollster John Scurich. Democrats didn’t fair well in the poll but Scurich says if Democratic New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu decides to run it will change the game…:
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He says voters will likely be more involved in the 2015 ballot once the December 6th runoffs are over.

The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office is investigating a Sunday night officer involved shooting out of the Jeanerette Police Department. They say 42-year-old Lance Dauphine was allegedly causing a disturbance when cops responded then got into an altercation with an officer who was then stabbed. The officer then shot the suspect. Officials say both the suspect and officer have been released from the hospital and Dauphine is charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder of a police officer.

Entergy is launching new energy efficiency programs to help customers use less power and save money on their electricity bills. Scott Carwile has more…:
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The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for most of south Louisiana until 4pm this afternoon. Freeze warnings in those areas remain in effect from 11pm this evening to 9am tomorrow morning. Those in wind advisory areas are urged to secure loose objects and use caution when driving over high bridges.

09:30 Newscast November 17, 2014

A research firm has already polled voters on the 2015 elections. Michelle Southern takes a look at the results…

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Baton Rouge Police are investigating the early Sunday morning shooting death of the quarterbacks coach at West St. John High School. Authorities say 27-year-old Juan Joseph was shot outside a nightclub in Baton Rouge during an argument. Joseph was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.

Mid-year budget cuts are looming in state government because of lower than anticipated revenues. The shortfall for this fiscal year ending June 30th is 171 million dollars and next year the shortage is projected to be $1.4 billion. Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics.com says you can expect the budget situation to dominate the conversation for the next couple of years…

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He says economists from around the nation are predicting a recession in 2015.

You can expect more freezing temperatures across the state in the next couple of days. State Climatologist Barry Keim says two fronts are affecting Louisiana…

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Freeze warnings have already been issued for portions of central and south Louisiana for tonight.

08:30 Newscast November 17, 2014

Mid-year budget cuts are coming in state government as a result of lower than anticipated revenues. Jeff Palermo reports…

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Shreveport Police have arrested a man they say fired a shot that left another man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. According to authorities, 23-year-old Brandon Brown mishandled a gun and it discharged. The bullet hit the victim in the neck. Brown is charged with illegal use of a firearm. Investigators say it’s too early to rule the shooting as accidental.

More freezing temperatures are expected for Louisiana after a slight warming trend yesterday. State Climatologist Barry Keim expects temperatures to drop below freezing again tonight and says Wednesday will be a carbon copy of Tuesday with another hard freeze expected…

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Freeze warnings have been issued for portions of central and south Louisiana for tonight.

New energy efficiency programs are being offered by Entergy to help customers use less power and save money on their utility bills. For more information and to sign up, go online to entergysolutionsla-dot-com. Entergy Solutions Program Manager Heather Leblanc says it all starts with an assessment…

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There are three different residential programs available for homeowners and two different tiers of assessment.

07:30 Newscast November 17, 2014

You can expect to see mid-year budget cuts in state government as a result of lower than anticipated revenues. The shortfall for this fiscal year ending June 30th is 171 million dollars and Jeremy Alford of LaPolitics.com says the budget picture will not get better anytime soon because economists from around the nation are predicting a recession in 2015…

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Alford says you can expect the budget situation to dominate the conversation for the next couple of years.

Even though the December runoffs are still ahead of us, a research firm has already polled voters on the 2015 ballot. Multi-Quest pollster John Scurich says, in the race for Governor, US Senator David Vitter looks to be in good shape, early on…

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Vitter leads the poll with 25.9 percent followed by Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne with 10.9 percent with 53% undecided.

It looks like more freezing temperatures are on the way for Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim says two fronts are now affecting the state and he expects highs to only get up to around 50 degrees statewide today and temperatures to once again drop below freezing overnight…

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Freeze warnings are issued for portions of central and southwestern Louisiana tonight.

Entergy is launching new energy efficiency programs to help customers use less power and save money on their electricity bills. Entergy Solutions Program Manager Heather Leblanc says this program provides customers a variety of ways to cut energy use at their homes…

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She says programs are also available for business owners.