12:30 LRN Newscast

It’s been a week since the landfall of Hurricane Florence on the east coast.  First responders from Louisiana are in the Conway, South Carolina area helping with the issues from overflowing rivers.  State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the remaining Louisiana crew is made up of fire departments from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Monroe areas as well as Fire Marshal employees that assist in logistics.

Cut 7 (07) “…rescue task forces.”
Browning adds the deployment is scheduled to end Tuesday, but could be extended.

Saturday is National Hunting and Fishing day, a celebration of all things outdoors. As the Sportsmen’s Paradise, Louisiana has an interest in promoting the day, with events in four cities across the state. Delhi Senator Francis Thompson says the great outdoors supports tens of thousands of jobs, from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, to private hunting and fishing retailers.
Cut 10 (08) “…state wide.”

A former McKinley High Marching Band member was awarded 185,000 dollars for damages related to a 2015 incident where he required to do 200 push-ups. The incident led to a five day stay in the hospital for Tristen Rushing due to his urine turning coke colored. Rushing family attorney Sean Fagan says that’s because the hyper exertion caused Rushing’s muscles to begin to die.

Cut 12 (10)   “…turn dark.” 
The administration argued that the risk of injury was not reasonably foreseeable.

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