16:30 LRN Newscast July 24th

High demand is driving up prices at the pump. Halen Doughty has more…
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A veteran New Orleans Police officer has been shot for the third time in his career. Authorities say Christopher Abbott is recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg. He was in uniform working off-duty private security patrol when someone from a dark SUV fired one shot at him. The search is on for the shooter.

Carl Dabadie has announced he’s retiring as Baton Rouge Police Chief. East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome said she’d like a new face at the department in the aftermath of the Alton Sterling shooting. Political Analyst and Baton Rouge radio host Clay Young says Dabadie probably had enough…:
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Lt. Johnathan Dunnam has been named interim chief.

A Rayne man, who has five DWI charges on his record, has been arrested for his involvement in a fatal hit-and-run that killed a bicylist. Acadia Parish Sheriff K-P Gibson says 42-year-old Ivy Roger’s license is suspended and he should not have been driving at all….
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61-year-old Ricky Joyner of Rayne was pronounced dead at the scene.