1:30 LRN Newscast

The search continues for five of the ten inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail last Friday. State Representative Aimee Freeman has called for Orleans Sheriff Susan Hutson to resign…

Cut 9 (10) “…these criminals”

Hutson told the New Orleans City Council that she takes full accountability for this failure. But Hutson also told the council she does not have enough funding…

Cut 7 (14) “…our needs”

Hutson is up for re-election in October. She has suspended her campaign and she was already facing two challengers before the jail break.

State Police have charged state representative Kyle Green with a DWI and child endangerment after he was involved in a single vehicle wreck in Jefferson Parish during the middle of the night. The wreck happened at around 2:30 in the morning and no one was injured, including the three children he had in his vehicle. State Trooper Jacob Pucheu says troopers at the scene noticed signs of impairment and conducted a series of field sobriety tests..

Cut 12 (08) “….or death”

The children in the vehicle were released to a family member.

The Jimmie Davis Bridge Construction project has hit the one-year mark. DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchannan says the contractor continues to make progress with building the foundations of the new four-lane bridge in Bossier and Caddo Parishes and significant work is underway to realign and widen LA 511 on both sides of the river…

Cut 5 (09) “…two years from now”