5:30 LRN Newscast

A five-year-old Slidell boy is killed, and his grandmother is charged in his death. Police chief Daniel Seuzeneau says the boy was sitting in front of 55-year-old Kristen Anders’ GMC Yukon SUV yesterday morning when Anders got in and pulled out of the driveway, not realizing the boy was in front of the vehicle.

Cut 4 (12) “…didn’t see him.”

Anders ran over the boy and killed him instantly. Tests showed that Anders was under the influence of alcohol and nervous system suppressants.

Attorneys for former LSU football coach Brian Kelly have filed a lawsuit over his 54-million dollar buyout. The suit alleges LSU is trying to get out of paying the 54-million dollars, because the school plans to make the case that they dismissed Kelly for cause and LSU would not owe the buyout.

 

A state representative is rolling out the welcome mat for New York City business owners anxious over that city’s election results….

Cut 1 (29) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is notifying passengers who were on a flight with a person with a confirmed case of measles.  LDH says a public exposure occurred at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport: Concourse B beyond the security checkpoint on Sunday, November 9 between 5 and 8:30 pm. The person was not hospitalized but remains in isolation until no longer contagious. Measles is highly contagious and can remain in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves. This is the third case of measles reported in Louisiana this year.