A bill heading to the governor’s desk would end the requirement for employers to give 16 and 17-year-old workers a 20 minute break once they reach five straight hours on the clock. Denham Springs Representative Roger Wilder says we shouldn’t prevent teenagers with good work ethic from making money….
cut 5 (12) “…seven or eight dollars”
The bill received a vote of 63 to 28 for final passage in the House.

The 74th annual Peach Festival is this Saturday in downtown Ruston, an opportunity to enjoy 12 hours of live music, an art market and it’s Louisiana so of course there’s a plethora of peachy good food to consume. Tori Davis with Experience Ruston…
Cut 9 (12) “…in Lincoln Parish.”
The festival begins at 9 am and the last call for peaches is 11 pm.

With just a few days left in the legislative session, the full Senate is expected to take up a bill today that would remove the 30-year statue of limitations one can be prosecuted for child molestation.
cut 2 (31) “….I’m Brooke Thorington”