A twelve person jury needed only one and a half hours before returning a unanimous guilty verdict against 55-year-old Morgan Ratley of Cut-off for raping a teenager while the mother was restrained. Lafourche Parish District Attorney spokesperson David Melancon says the horrific incident happened in July of 2019…
cut 3 (08) “….by our office”
Melancon says Ratley was a live-in boyfriend of the mother and began sexually assaulting the teenage victim without the mother’s knowledge.

Construction has started on a new state prison for women in Iberville Parish. Corrections Secretary Jimmy Leblanc says construction on the 938-bed facility should take about 28 months…
cut 11 (11) “…local level”
The state’s previous women only prison was several damaged by the August 2016 flood.

Anticipation is high for the LSU Fighting Tigers’ season opener against Florida State Sunday in the Superdome. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says his office made a $1-million sponsorship to assure the event came to New Orleans, and it is paying off…:
Cut 7 (08) “…here in Louisiana.”
Nungesser will conduct the opening coin toss.

The Gulf of Mexico Alliance says innovative technology stopped nearly 32 pounds of trash from flowing from a Metairie canal into the Gulf of Mexico. A device known as the Litter Gitter was used to collect the trash, 51-percent of it was plastic and 26-percent Styrofoam. Gulf of Mexico Alliance spokesperson Amanda Nalley says trash on the streets can make its way into bayous and canals and eventually into the gulf.
Cut 14 (08) “…thing for the gulf.”