8:30 A.M. LRN Newscast 03/08/2018

You can now do your grocery shopping in your pajamas.  Kelley Ray explains.Cut 3 (31) “I’m Kelley Ray.”

A bill has been filed in the regular session to legalize sports betting in Louisiana. The U-S Supreme Court could soon issue a ruling that legalizes sports betting across the country. New Roads Representative Major Thibaut says thousands of Louisiana sports fans already gamble on games. He says if the Supreme Court rules in favor of New Jersey and other states, it makes sense to give the Louisiana Gaming Control Board to regulate sports betting and the state can benefit from new revenues…

Cut 5  (06)  “in Louisiana.”

A pro-life movie that highlights the journey of Metairie native and current LSU law student David Scotton meeting his birth parents for the first time will premiere online tonight. Scotton, says “I Lived on Parker Avenue” tells the story of his adoptive parents and his journey to find his birth mom in Indiana.

After contacting his birth mother, Melissa Coles, on Facebook in 2011, he discovered he had a biological sister and biological half-sister. It took over a year before Scotton gained enough courage to decide to meet them in person. Scotton at first didn’t want to allow filmmaker Phillip Braun and producer Benjamin Clapper to put his story to film, but ultimately decided it was worth it…

Cut 8 (09) “would happen.”

The Bonnet Carre Spillway will be opened for just the twelfth time today as the Mississippi River swells. Army Corps of Engineers Colonel Michael Clancy says.The opening of the spillway is an impressive sight, as up to 250,000 cubic feet of water per second passes through the gates. Clancy says, its also open to the public.

Cut 15 (09) “the rules”