It’s the Fourth of July, and the Department of Children and Family Services reminds parents to use caution…
CUT 1 (30) “I’m Michelle Southern”

There have been several hoilday road fatalities Friday across the state. A Kenner woman died in a two-vehicle crash Friday on I-10 in West Baton Rouge Parish. The victim is 66 year-old Yvonne Gooch. In Terrebonne Parish, 27 year-old Marc Boudreaux from Houma, died in a single-vehicle crash. And on I-20 near Tallulah, a California woman was killed after a collision with an 18 wheeler. State Police remind you to drive with caution and don’t drink and drive.
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Fines for littering are now double what they were in the state, after Governor Bobby Jindal signs into law a measure which raises the $75 fine up to $150…
CUT 7 (11) “need to be there (2x)”
That’s Keep Louisiana Beautiful Executive Director Susan Russle, who adds you should also remove your fireworks this weekend.

Also signed into law, a new measure which gives victims of domestic violence more housing protection. The law allows violence victims to break there lease in an abusive situation, and also ensures that victims will not be evicted because of their situation….
CUT 13 (06) Q: “to live”
That’s the bill’s author Baton Rouge Representative Sharon Weston Broome.