9:30 LRN Newscast April 8

LSU will not allow current employees to testify at today’s Senate Select Committee on Women and Children as a university attorney said it would not be prudent to publicly discuss the mishandling of sexual assault cases as the school and several officials are expected to be named defendants in a 50-million dollar lawsuit. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says her panel will continue to try and get answers…
cut 5 (09) “…questions”

The legislative session starts Monday and several bills have been filed that seeks to get sports betting legalized in Louisiana after voters in 55 parishes approved the activity. Crowley Representative John Stefanski on who could possibly take bets one day…
cut 11 (08) “….as well”
Stefanski says there will also be a push to allow mobile sports betting.

The legendary voice of Louisiana Tech athletics Dave Nitz has decided to retire from football and basketball and solely focus on baseball after 47 seasons of calling games on the gridiron and hardwood…
cut 3 (30) “…i’m Taylor Sharp”

The sun is out after stormy weather last night and early this morning that produced street flooding in New Orleans and damaged homes in Morehouse Parish near the Arkansas state line. Also, Lafayette TV stations are reporting three people died in a multi-vehicle crash on I-10 near Crowley.