8:30 LRN Newscast

Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Shrek and Donald Duck were some of the names submitted to the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters Office in the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell….
Cut 3 (36) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

A worker at an Ascension water plant has been fired for allegedly urinating in the water supply. Authorities say the act was caught on camera and 57-year-old Michael Mastin of Baton Rouge faces criminal charges. Officials says the public is not in danger and water samples remain in good standing.

Among the bills filed for the upcoming legislative session is the “Given Name Act,” authored by Bossier City Representative Raymond Crews. Crews says school employees would be required to use a student’s given name and corresponding pronouns unless written parental consent says otherwise….
cut 4 (11) “…two things”
Crews says he’s received positive feedback from teachers about this legislation.

Severe weather is likely across central and north Louisiana today. Northeast Louisiana is under the greatest risk for long-track tornadoes and damaging winds. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there’s a marginal risk for severe weather along Interstate 10….
cut 12 (08) “…tomorrow morning”