11:30 LRN Newscast

LSU basketball legend Bob Pettit has died at the age of 93. Pettit led the SEC in scoring all three seasons at LSU and became just the second major college player ever to average over 30 points per game in a season. LSU basketball sports information director Kent Lowe says Pettit will never be forgotten.

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Tomorrow is National Seat Check Saturday. Greg Fischer with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says there will be nine events happening throughout the state from nine to noon tomorrow, where parents can get important information on the proper way to keep their kids properly restrained inside vehicles.

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Child safety seats will be available for families in need. 

The reward is now up to 10-thousand dollars for information on two women from the Baton Rouge area who have not been seen for more than a year. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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Kind of a good news-bad news deal. The bad news is there are two named storms churning in the Atlantic – Fay and Gonzalo. The good news is twofold – neither is anywhere close to North America, and neither is expected to strengthen beyond tropical storm strength. So far, there hasn’t been a single hurricane in the Atlantic all year long.