A two-year-old boy is safe after being left in a hot car in Shreveport for up to 30 minutes. Police Corporal Christopher Bordelon says despite the fact that it was well before noon, the temperature was already soaring.
Cut 6 (07) “…about 93 degrees.”
The boy’s mother, LaCrystol Johnson, was arrested. Bordelon says Johnson told officers that she felt that it would be okay to leave the boy inside the car because she left the window down.
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services is bringing back its “On The Road Again” program. It’s an opportunity for non-custodial parents who lost their drivers licenses due to nonpayment of child support to regain their driving privileges. Assistant Secretary of Family Support Sammy Guillory says last year, 131 parents participated, resulting in more than 155-thousand dollars collected on behalf of 202 children.
LSU football coach Brian Kelly joked that Garrett Nussmeier will not need his leg amputated after a rumor swirled on Wednesday that he suffered a serious injury. Kelly says Nussmeier has patella tendinitis as a result of a surgery in 2023. He says the tendon got a little cranky on Wednesday…
Kelly expects Nussmeier to participate in a practice setting on Saturday. LSU’s first scrimmage of preseason camp is Saturday.
The Department of Insurance launches a new and improved mobile app. Commissioner Tim Temple says LDI Connect initially launched last year, and they took note of what worked and what didn’t work, and they worked to improve it for this year’s peak hurricane season.
Cut 11 (08) “…making it better.”
The new and improved LDI Connect app is live on the Apple App Store and on the Google Play Store now.