2:30 LRN Newscast June 28

A three-vehicle crash involving an ambulance Tuesday in Pointe Coupee Parish claims two lives and severely injures a third. State Police Trooper Chris Reed says an Acadian ambulance transporting patient had an accident involving a Nissan sedan and a Coca-Cola truck. The accident remains under investigation and Reed says always focus on driving when you’re behind the wheel…:

CUT 08(10)      “…while driving.”

Nearly three years after the catastrophic hurricanes of 2020, Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says he’s frustrated the U.S. Department of Commerce has finally said there will be financial aid for Louisiana’s seafood industries to recoup revenue losses of over $155-million. Graves says these types of losses could threaten peoples’ livelihoods…:

CUT 10(10)      “…is destroyed.”

 

Governor John Bel Edwards has vetoed a House bill that would have given police the power to command you to “stay back” while they do their job. The bill drew bipartisan support in both House and Senate, but Mr. Edwards says it’s unnecessary because there are already laws about interfering with an officer. Bill author Representative Mike Johnson of Pineville says he will file the bill again next year.

There’s a new king of Louisiana Seafood. Chef Owen Hohl of Hot Tails -with two locations in New Roads and Prairieville- beat out eleven chefs to win the 16th Annual Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off. Hohl’s will represent the state in the 19th Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans in August. He will also serve as a Louisiana Seafood Ambassador. Hohl is excited to showcase the Gulf’s seafood through his amazing dishes to the world…:

Cut 05  (11)      “…gave me the chance.”

The cook-off was in Lake Charles this year, for the first time ever.