12:30 LRN Newscast Feb 07

The mother of Ronald Greene will attend the President’s State of the Union tonight and police brutality is expected to be among his talking points…:

CUT 01(29)      “…Thorington.”

A Leesville man is in jail, after a local mom caught him sexually molesting her 7-year-old daughter. 35-year-old Thomas McCartney was arrested in Harris Country, Texas and will be brought back to Vernon parish to face justice. McCartney is also a convicted sex offender, with arrests from 2006 and 2010.

 

Attorney General Jeff Landry released the Protecting Innocence Report today. Landry says it’s an examination of sexually explicit material at public libraries that may not be age appropriate for children. Landry hastens to say the report does NOT advise censorship, but rather offers advice as to how libraries can prevent kids from accessing inappropriate materials…:

CUT 10(08)      “…and guardians allow.”

Also, Turkey Creek Senator Heather Cloud filed legislation today calling on public libraries to implement a policies to limit minors’ access to sexually explicit material. Her bill proposes that libraries who fail to follow the law could lose public funding.

…and now a look at today’s commodities with Neal Melancon…