16:30 Newscast, January 26th, 2016

A man who worked as a popular children’s TV personality in north Louisiana in the 70s has been located and arrested after 37 years on the run and charged with obscene behavior with a juvenile. It’s alleged that 76-year-old Frank Selas invited young children to a camping retreat in 1979 and sexually abused several of them. Rapides Parish Sheriff Office spokesman Tommy Carnline says there could be more victims…:
CUT 14 (11) “tell someone”

A U.S. District Judge Tuesday declined to issue an injunction that would have prevented the city of New Orleans from taking down four Confederate statues. District Judge Carl Barbier denied the appeal after a group of preservationists filed a federal lawsuit.

A Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputy is in critical condition after he was shot several times while executing a drug search warrant at a residence in New Orleans. Thirty-five-year-old Steven Arnold is a 12-year veteran of the JPSO.

State Treasurer John Kennedy says he will run for the US Senate this year. Eric Gill reports…:
CUT 1 (28) “I’m Eric Gill”

Authorities in Avoyelles Parish are investigating a human female fetus found at a sewage piping station. Sheriff Doug Anderson says city workers notified the Moreauville Police after discovering the fetus while working in a sewage pond…:
CUT 9 (09) “ongoing”

He says they are still working to determine who the fetus belongs to.