2:30 PM Newscast June 7

Governor Jeff Landry has signed legislation that prohibits a transgender individual from using a bathroom or locker room at a school that does not match their biological gender. what has been called the bathroom bill. Bill author, Denham Springs Representative Roger Wilder says women should not have to worry about a biological man, who is now a transgender woman entering a bathroom

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The A&E series “Murder at the Motel” will feature the 2016 murder of 28-year-old Sonya Ortego. Chief Jared Morton of the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office says Jackie Pruitt was traveling through town for a court date the following day and rented a room in the DeRidder where Ortego was staying.

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Pruitt was convicted of first-degree murder in 2017.

As the crawfish season is coming to an end, just how bad was it? Brooke Thorington has more.

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It’s time to grab those fishing poles and cast a line. This Saturday and Sunday it’s Free Fishing Weekend in Louisiana. State Wildlife Fisheries Outreach Biologist Josh Porter says you don’t have to have a fishing license this weekend.

Cut 13 (09)  “…get hooked.”