11:30 LRN Newscast

Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in public classrooms is receiving national attention and groups like the ACLU say they plan to fight it in court. Author of the legislation, Haughton Representative Dodie Horton believes it will withstand the challenge.
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The ACLU of Louisiana says the law is in violation of the separation of church and state.

Governor Landry has signed legislation re-establishing a black bear hunting season in Louisiana. The law sets the licensing fees and how the revenue will be spent. LDWF Large Carnivore Program Manager John Hanks says the legislation also establishes other rules…
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A black bear hunting season will take place in December and it will only be allowed in a handful of parishes in northeast Louisiana.

After a delay in getting the word out about two missing Loranger girls, a lawmaker is calling for an overhaul of Louisiana’s AMBER Alert system. Mel Bridges has more.
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The two people involved in the abduction of four-year-old Erin Brunett and six-year-old sister have been indicted by a grand jury in Tangipahoa Parish. Dnaiel Callihan and Victoria Cox are officially facing first-degree murder charges for the death of Erin and her mother. D-A Scott Perrilloux wants to talk with the family before pursuing the death penalty.