10:30 LRN Newscast

Members of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education are not happy with Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley’s new policy that gives school districts the opportunity to let parents decide if their child should stay home from school if they’ve been exposed to a person who has COVID. BESE member Kira Orange Jones would like to talk with state health officials and medical experts about this policy…
cut 6 (09) “….communities safe”

Once again Louisiana ranks in the top ten in the rate of women murdered by men. The Bayou State ranks fifth in the Violence Policy Center’s annual study on this topic. V-P-C Legislative Director Kristen Rand says women who are victims of homicide are most likely killed by their intimate partners…
cut 8 (08) “…about it”

It’s October first, but we know that Louisiana could still be impacted by a hurricane this month. Two hurricanes hit the state last year, Delta and Zeta….
cut 14 (07) “…month of October”
That’s State Climatologist Barry Keim, who says the good news is that there are no tropical threats to Louisiana or the Gulf of Mexico at this time.

For the first time since November 2019, over 90-thousand fans will file into Tiger Stadium to watch LSU take on an SEC opponent. The Bayou Bengals will host 22nd ranked Auburn at 8 PM on Saturday. Coach Ed Orgeron is looking forward to an electric atmosphere…
cut 12 (12) “..be loud”
LSU has not lost at home to Auburn since 1999.