2:30 LRN Newscast March 24

Legislation that would impose fines against businesses that deny a person entry based on their vaccination status runs into resistance in the House Criminal Justice Committee. Jeff Palermo has the story…:

CUT 02(34)      “…Jeff Palermo.”

For the second time this week, Interstate 10 West in West Baton Rouge Parish was closed for hours this morning due to a crash. State Police say a tour bus and a big rig collided; sending the buss careening into the median where it caught fire. One person was killed, three injured. Troopers are investigating the crash now.

 

The one reported fatality from Tuesday night’s tornado in the New Orleans area is identified as a 25-year-old U.L.-Lafayette graduate. Connor Lambert worked at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. His Chalmette High football coach, Jason Tucker, says Lambert was one of the good ones…:

CUT 03(06)      “…hang out with.”

During a standard press conference before his first spring practice at LSU, head coach Brian Kelly decided to put a toe in the murky legal waters of a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by associate coach Frank Wilson. Kelly told media he is in Wilson’s corner on this…:

CUT 08(10)      “…of our staff.”

Former Associate A.D. Sharon Lewis claims Wilson exposed himself to her. Kelly says her allegations are “egregious” and “unfounded.”