15:30 Newscast, October 15th, 2015

The federal government announces there will be no increase in benefits for Social Security next year. Emelie Gunn has more…:
CUT 2 (30) “I’m Emelie Gunn”

Authorities in Hammond have released more information about the plane crash which claimed the lives of two men on Wednesday. They say the plane was based in Lafayette and was picking someone up at the Hammond airport, but crashed after nose diving shortly after takeoff. The trip is believed to have been business in nature. The pilot has not been identified, but the deceased passenger is John Harris of Denham Springs.

A woman from Jennings who has been looking for her mom for over three decades, finally has some answers thanks to the LSU Faces lab and DNA testing. Lee Jan Kratzer left her home in Roanoke in 1982 and that’s the last time her family saw her. A woman in Memphis, Elizabeth Neese, recognized the photo of Kratzer at the LSU Faces lab as her late mother…:
CUT 7 (10) “are sisters”
Jeff Davis Sheriff Ivy Woods says Katherine Kratzer found out her mom started a whole new life in Memphis when she left and she’s happy to have closure.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jay Dardenne slammed his Republican opponent David Vitter during an LPB debate last night. The US Senator was not present. Dardenne denied that the state paid for an overseas trip for his wife and that he voted for pro-choice legislation as the Vitter attack ads are claiming…:
CUT 3 (09) “sick of it”