3:30 LRN Newscast January 31

It’s been a deadly month for house fires in Louisiana and two more lives were lost Saturday. Brooke Thorington looks at “why so many?”…

CUT 02(32)      “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

The Southern University campus, in Baton Rouge, was locked down this morning after a bomb threat. No device was found. No one was hurt. It was one of six threats made against a number of HBCU’s across the country today. Federal authorities are investigating. Classes return to normal at Southern tomorrow.

 

Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder calls for an investigation into if Governor John Bel Edwards possibly participated in a cover-up of Ronald Greene’s death, a black motorist who died after he was beaten by State Troopers during a May 2019 traffic stop. LAPolitics.com publisher Jeremy Alford says Schexnayder uses the term “gross misconduct” in his written statement…:

CUT 03(10)      “…impeachment proceedings.”

Greene’s family was told he died in a car crash.

 

Kayla Giles faces life in prison after a Rapides Parish Jury found her guilty Saturday of the murder of her estranged husband, Thomas Coutee Jr. Giles fatally shot Coutee in a Walmart parking lot in September of 2018 during a custody exchange. The case was prosecuted by the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office. Here is A.G. Jeff Landry…:

CUT 11(06)      “…justice to victims.”

Giles is expected to get life when her sentencing comes up in late March.