2:30 LRN Newscast

DCFS has hired more than 300 employees for their child welfare division after they were plagued with several child death cases that fell through the cracks.
Cut 2 (32) “….I’m Brooke Thorington.”

It was two weeks ago, Southeastern Louisiana was hit with a suspected cybersecurity attack and much of their computer system network remains down. S-L-U Professor Dayne Sherman says AT&T should have been brought on campus to help…
cut 8 (07) “…to use”

A woman and a seven-year-old child were killed yesterday in a crash involving a school bus in Jackson Parish. State Police Master Trooper Javier Leija (Hah-vee-er LAY-hah) says it happened at around 3:45 yesterday, on state Highway 167, when 29-year-old Katelyn Granger slammed into the back of a school bus…:
Cut 3 (12) “…and the passenger.”
Granger died and so did seven-year-old Anna Rivers. Only minor injuries reported from the children on the bus.

The Humane Society of Louisiana is asking the state legislature to appropriate three million dollars to build new animal shelters and improve existing ones. Director Jeff Dorson says about half of the state’s parishes lack a facility to take in strays, missing and hurt animals….
cut 10 (09) “….huge problem”
Dorson they’ll make an official request when lawmakers convene the regular session next month.