2:30 LRN Newscast

Louisiana U-S Senator Bill Cassidy believes former President Donald Trump should drop out of the 2024 Presidential race. During an appearance on C-N-N’s State of the Union, Cassidy says current polling shows Trump can not beat President Joe Biden in a general election…
Cut 3 (09) “…high inflation”
Trump is also facing nearly 100 criminal charges from four different federal indictments.

Sad story out of St. Tammany Parish as a 12-year-old girl lost her life in an ATV accident on Saturday night near the town of Bush. Her 13-year-old passenger was also injured. Sergeant Suzanne Carboni with the St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office says children should not be the ones operating ATVs…
cut 11 (08) “….very dangerous’
The deceased 12-year-old has been identified as Payton Strain.

Today in a Baton Rouge courtroom, arguments were heard in a case against the LHSAA. Nine schools from Rapides Parish and the Monroe area are seeking an injunction that would prevent the Association from implementing the football playoff format they used last year. Attorney Brian Blackwell represents the schools and says high schools never had a chance to vote on the new definition for select schools…
cut 30 (12) “….playoff structure”
An attorney for the LHSAA says the definition for select schools was on the executive committee’s agenda for months.

A tropical depression is moving across the Gulf of Mexico from east to west. It’s staying well south of Louisiana as it moves towards Texas. National Weather Service Lake Charles Meteorologist Stacey Denson says the depression is causing breezy conditions across the state…
cut 67 (08) “…southern Louisiana”
Those breezy conditions is what it’s a red flag day, which means wildfire risks are elevated.