1:30 LRN Newscast August 5

Attorneys for the family of Alton Sterling, who was fatally shot by former Baton Rouge Officer Blane Salamoni, release a report alleging disturbing behavior by the officer at a crime scene in 2014…
Voicer 1 (31) “…I’m Matt Doyle”

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office is mourning the loss of one of its deputies who was killed in a head-on collision in Mississippi. Corporal Jonathan Panks was reportedly driving back from his own bachelor party in Florida

There was a fatal U-T-V wreck in Natchitoches Parish on Sunday. State Police say a 16-year-old was driving the side-by-side, when the juvenile driver lost control. Trooper Scott Moreau says the vehicle began to overturn and the driver and his 40-year-old passenger were ejected. He says Amanda Preble of Ball died from her injuries, while the driver sustained minor injuries. The trooper says it’s illegal to operate A-T-Vs or side-by-sides on a public roadway…
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A 16-year-old Houma teen is dead following a single-vehicle wreck in which the driver was charged with a D-W-I. State Police Trooper Jesse LaGrange says 16-year-old Makayla Gregoire was unrestrained in the back seat of an S-U-V…
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LaGrange says the driver, 35-year-old Reva Hood of Houma had a .126 blood-alchol level, which is above the legal limit of .08.