3:30 LRN Newscast Sept 19

You see them being built all over the state…and whether you love them or hate them, roundabouts – aka traffic circles – are here to stay. DOTD says once you’re used to them, you’ll appreciate them…:

CUT 02  (33)        “…Thorington.”

Police in St. Gabriel, in Iberville Parish, say a 9-year-old boy was killed Saturday and a 15-year-old girl badly injured, when the ATV they were riding crashed. Both were rushed to a hospital, but little Izaiah Prejean didn’t make it. The

 

The first day of Fall is Thursday, but it still feels very much like summer with the heat index around 100 degrees. LRN Meteorologist John Wetherbee says if you are outside for a long period of time, you’ll feel it…”

CUT 12(11)      “…taste of summer.”

New data from the AARP shows that COVID-19 still has a deadly grip on the nation’s nursing homes. Deaths and cases from residents and staff nationwide have risen for the fourth consecutive month. Andrew Muhl is director of advocacy for AARP Louisiana…:

CUT 03(06)      “…several weeks.”

Over 46 nursing homes patients died of COVID-related causes between mid-July and mid-August.