4:30 LRN Newscast

Advocates are asking a judge to remove a group of juvenile inmates being held at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. A court filing alleges the youth offenders are sleeping in hot conditions, they are isolated and forced to shower while shackled and handcuffed. Southern Poverty Law Center senior policy analyst Delvin Davis…
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The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice has no comment.

Rapides Parish authorities believe they have found the body of 58-year-old Robert Owens, a “geocacher” from New Jersey, who was reported missing Monday near Alexandria. RPSO Spokesperson Tommy Carnline says Owens’ severely decomposed body was located in a heavily wooded area…
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Owens flew to Louisiana alone on July ninth on a geocache mission.

Lottery fans are feeling the excitement. Tonight’s Powerball Jackpot of $1 billion is the seventh largest in U.S. lottery history. Teiko Foxx has more…
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has signed LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese to an N-I-L deal. The Bayou Barbie is one of seven college athletes that will promote Johnson’s energy drink, ZOA. Reese has become one of the top NIL earners. She also has deals with Raising Cane’s, Amazon and Sports Illustrated.