09:30 LRN Newscast, July 21st

A Calcasieu Parish jury gives convicted cop killer Kevin Daigle a death sentence. Daigle shot and killed State Police Trooper Steven Vincent in August of 2015. He was found guilty in 2019. Calcasieu D.A. Stephen Dwight says Daigle was cold and unrepentant, and the death penalty is appropriate…:
Cut 4 (07) “justice was served”
In Louisiana, a death sentence means an automatic appeal.

The Humane Society of Louisiana blames inflation and Covid-era adoptions as the reason they are seeing an overwhelming number of pets being surrendered. Spokesman Jeff Dorson says as people returned to work full time, they realized they couldn’t care for a pet. To relieve the situation…:
Cut 15 (08) “…shelters.”
To assist an animal in need you can donate at humaneLA.org.

Lafayette prosecutor Holden Hoggatt says he’s the first well-funded Republican to challenge Congressman Clay Higgins….:
Cut 3 (33) “I’m Brooke Thorington”

The children of the late former Governor Edwin Edwards have issued a plea to his widow Trina to release the ashes of their father. Anna, Stephen and Victoria Edwards would like to see the ashes, which are currently at Trina’s home, buried next to their mother Elaine. Their public plea through the press is, “Trina set our father free.”