5:30 LRN Newscast Aug 4

US Senate candidate Luke Mixon says even though he’s pro-life he believes the abortion bans in states like Louisiana are too radical. There is a list of medical exceptions in Louisiana that center around the health of the mother and the fetus, but Mixon says doctors are still concerned if they perform an abortion based on one of the exemptions…

Cut 4  (08) “..very own life.”

Mixon says he would vote to legalize abortions in federal law if elected.

NOAA slightly revises their predictions for the Atlantic season to 14 to 20 named storms in which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes. 90 percent of all Atlantic tropical cyclone activity occurs from August to October, and that’s why Lead forecaster Matthew Rosencrans says they revise their predictions in August.

Cut 10 (10) “…landfalling storms.” 

The state OMV is warning residents the clock is ticking for you to get a real ID in order to fly commercially in the United States. Marsanne Golsby has more…

Cut 1 (33)  “…I’m Marsanne Golsby”

State Wildlife & Fisheries agents arrest a Houma man for alleged possession of drugs and for taking sharks over the limit. Agents stopped the man’s boat for a routine compliance check, when they found the sharks and methamphetamines. The incident happened on July 24th which ironically was during Shark Week.