5:30 LRN Newscast

Three former employees at a Lake Charles Christian school are arrested for allegedly covering up sexual assaults at the school from earlier this year. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Stitch Guillory says there was a culture on the Hamilton Christian School football team in which older players would haze the younger players.

Cut 3 (07) “…a sexual assault.”

Lincoln Parish is mourning the death of Ruston Fire Chief Chris Womack. He died at the age of 54 after a brief battle with cancer. Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker says Chief Womack started with the Ruston Fire Department in the early 1990s.

Cut 10 (10) “…he did.”

Walker says during Womack’s time as Fire Chief, the Ruston Fire Department achieved a Class 1 rating for the first time in the city’s history. He says Womack also played a critical role in the construction of a new fire station and fire tower for training.

College football reporters had a chance today to ask Lane Kiffin about his coaching future. Jeff Palermo has more on what the Ole Miss coach had to say and didn’t say….

Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”

As for Louisiana’s professional football team, when the Saints schedule comes out for next season, it will likely include a game in Paris. In the more immediate future, fans going to the Superdome Sunday will see the Saints in black from head to toe – black helmet, black jersey, black pants, black socks and black shoes.