12:30 LRN Newscast July 6

Shreveport authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying the gunman or gunmen who opened fire at a July 4th block party that killed four and injured seven others. Council member Tabitha Taylor is calling for swift justice…

Cut 7 (13) “…pay relentlessly.” 

Witnesses are asked to call Crimestoppers.

A new independent poll on the 2023 governor’s race shows Attorney General Jeff Landry with a huge lead over his GOP opponents. Kaplan Strategies of Florida surveyed one-thousand likely voters just before the Fourth of July and 30-percent support Landry as the state’s next governor. Pollster Doug Kaplan…

Cut 3 (11) “…general election.”

Since Twitter announced the use of their social media app would be limited or users could pay for more access, the launch of Facebook’s similar platform Threads is taking off. Haggai Davis with General Informatics… (in-for-matics) says since Elon Musk purchased the company…

Cut 9 (07)  “…for Twitter now.”

Since its launch late Wednesday Threads has 30 million users.

The CDC COVID dashboard shows almost 70 percent of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID but when you break down Louisiana’s numbers only 53 percent of residents are fully vaccinated. LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Disease specialist, Dr. Fred Lopez…

Cut 15 (11)  “…the average.”

Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama have the lowest booster rates in the country.