1:30 LRN Newscast February 8

A sanitation worker while on his route in St. Martin Parish helped rescue a 10-year-old girl from New Iberia who was allegedly kidnapped. State Police issued an Amber Alert in the overnight hours for help in finding Jalisa Lassalle. In a Facebook Live post, Dion Merrick saw the vehicle described in the Amber Alert and contacted authorities…
cut 11 (06) “…right now”
In the video, it appears police are taking a suspect into custody.

State Police is looking to arrest a suspect in the death of Erica Nicole Hunt, who disappeared during the Fourth of July in 2016 and her skeletal remains were found in December 2018. Trooper Thomas Gossen says Hunt was identified through genetic genealogy…
Cut 8 (11) “…past Friday.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact St. Landry Crime Stoppers.

LSU fans can purchase a specialty license plate that commemorates the Tigers 2019 national championship in football. Taylor Sharp has more…
cut 2 (30) …I’m Taylor Sharp”

The Saints are reportedly facing another penalty from the NFL for not following COVID-19 protocols. The league is looking into how Alvin Kamara got COVID. He reportedly got it from an interaction at the Saints facility with a person not employed by the team, who ended up testing positive for the virus as well.