43-year-old Anthony Hughes is recovering after getting shot near Bossier High School’s football stadium as a Spirit Event was taking place last night. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office Lt. Matt Gaydos sayslaw enforcement responded quickly and prevented anymore violence. Gaydos says this is highly unusual for Bossier and they want to make sure nothing like this happens again…
Cut 4 (09) “..for improvement.”
32-year-old Hannah Cormier of Jennings received a one-million-dollar bond after she was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly leaving her 10-month-old daughter in a car for two hours while she worked a shift at Wendy’s. Authorities say the mother claimed to have forgotten her child in the car, but given the situation, she was taken into custody. The charge of second-degree murder indicates there is intent. Police Chief Danny Semmes says this is not a simple case…
Cut 8 (10) “…negligent homicide.”
On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, Kaitlyn Joshua from Baton Rouge told the crowd at the D-N-C about her inability to get medical treatment while miscarrying because of the state’s near-total abortion ban. Republican Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murril says there’s nothing in the state’s law that prohibits emergency care for someone having a miscarriage or any emergency during pregnancy.
Joshua says she’s not the only woman unable to get an abortion because of a medical emergency that threatens the mother’s health…
State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley’s Let Teachers Teach policy package is being considered by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education which meets today and tomorrow. Brumley says the policies also tighten student discipline, giving teachers the right to have a student removed from the classroom immediately.
Cut 15 (09) “…return to the classroom.”