7:30 LRN Newscast May 27

A research website ranks Louisiana the worst for mass shooting incidents, based on population.…:
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U-S Senate candidate Democrat Luke Mixon says it’s time for Congress to enact universal background checks on firearm sales. Mixon calls for his Republican opponent Senator John Kennedy to vote for such legislation because he says current gun laws are not working.
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Congress will decide by October 1st whether to rename Fort Polk in Vernon Parish after World War One legend Sergeant William Henry Johnson. So who is Sergeant Johnson. Despite being severely wounded he held off the Germans with just a knife in the Argonne Line in France in May of 1918. LSU military history professor Doctor Martin Lociano says Johnson who began in a segregated military and was not allowed to fight at first alongside white American soldiers ended up receiving an award for his heroism from the French Military…
cut 11 (09) “…than most are”

A busy weekend is expected on the state’s waterways. Lt. Tim Fox with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says wearing a life jacket can save your life…
cut 5 (08) “…get to you”