5:30 LRN Newscast

Answered prayers in Webster Parish as a girl who disappeared from her home was found safe. Crews spent all day searching for ten-year-old Peyton Saintignan, and an Arkansas company flying a drone was able to find her asleep in a wooded area. Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker says this is not the first time Peyton disappeared from her home.

Cut 7 (10) “…just started walking.”

Hundreds of volunteers joined several law enforcement agencies in searching for her.

U-S House Speaker Mike Johnson and his wife were on their way to Donald Trump’s home when the Secret Service stopped a 58-year-old man from carrying out what authorities are calling an assassination attempt on the former president. Johnson emphasized the need for heightened security measures.

Cut 11 (06) “…if necessary.”

Johnson posted on “X” that no leader in American history has endured more attacks and remained so strong and resilient.

You could not have dreamed of a better start to the season for the Saints as New Orleans is 2-0 after clobbering the Cowboys 44 to 19 yesterday. Jeff Palermo has the story…

Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”

Entergy Louisiana says it’s restored power to nearly all customers whose power was knocked out by Hurricane Francine in just three days. The company says it credits the fast restoration time to ongoing training and enhancements made to its incident response program. As of late this afternoon, only a small percentage of customers along certain water routes and in the hardest-hit areas of Terrebonne Parish were still in the dark.