8:30 LRN Newscast

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is the subject of a recall petition; filed last week with the Secretary of State’s office. To get a recall on a ballot, organizers will need to collect legitimate signatures from 20-percent of Orleans Parish registered voters within six months; about 53-thousand people. UNO political science professor Ed Chernevak says that could be pretty difficult…:
Cut 7 (10) “…not registered voters.”
Organizers say they collected three-thousand signatures in the first three days, including 21-hundred signatures last night at an event in Lakeview.

LSU football coach Brian Kelly has decided on a starting quarterback for Sunday’s season opener against Florida State, but he’s not announcing who it is publicly. The first-year coach says he wants to withhold that information from the Seminoles…
Cut 22 (08) “…announce it.”
Kelly says it was a close competition between Jayden Daniels and Garrett Nussmeier and he made his decision within the last 48 hours.

Monroe police arrested two 14-year-old students yesterday who brought guns to school. One incident occurred at Carroll High School and the other at Carroll Junior High. No one was harmed and motives are not publicly known. Monroe Police Sergeant Mike Fendall says they are looking to see how the teens got the guns…
cut 12 (11) “…this time”

Yesterday, was the 17th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Many people who were young children in 2005 are now young adults and some of them are committing crimes. LSU Health new Orleans Professor of Psychiatry Doctor Rahn Bailey says childhood trauma is later visible when they act out as adults…
cut 6 (10) “…reckoning on us”
Bailey says seek professional help if you believe your child or someone you know is showing signs of trouble. He says proper mental health does work.