12:30 LRN Newscast

Congressman Garret Graves makes it clear he will not run for another political office this year, including dog catcher.
Cut 2 (32) “…I’m Sean Richardson.”

The Ragin Cajun fan base is thrilled over the announcement that former player and Crowley native Alyson Habetz will be the next head coach of the U-L Lafayette softball program. Her former coach Yvette Girouard calls it a Grand Slam hire…
cut 14 (12) “…help her”

The Louisiana Department of Health’s Heat-Related Illness Dashboard is new and improved this year. Dr. Sundee Winder with the department says if you thought last year was hot, you’re right. The average number of ER visits for heat-related illness for the last decade was 2,800.
Cut 29 (08) “…numbers.”
You can see the dashboard at ldh-dot-la-gov-forward slash-heat

Louisiana is seeing an increase this year in a fuzzy blondish caterpillar called fall webworms. LSU AgCenter urban entomologist Aaron Ashbrook says they do not bite humans, but they could do a number on trees and bushes in your yard…
Cut 3 (09) “…defoliators.”
Ashbrook recommends using pesticides that don’t harm other, beneficial insects by using BT.