13:30 Newscast, May 2nd, 2016

More Louisiana students are graduating high school than ever before, as the Louisiana Department of Education has announced the graduation rate has climbed to an all-time high of 78-percent…
CUT 1 (31) “I’m Don Molino”

An arrest warrant has been obtained for the boyfriend of the mother of 16-year-old Jorion White of Kenner — whose body was found in a drainage ditch in St. Charles Parish on April 24th. The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office says Daniel Beckley is wanted for second degree murder and obstruction of justice.

South Louisiana is under flash flood watch until seven o’ clock tonight. State Climatologist Barry Keim says much of the state is already water logged after severe storms dumped several inches of rain along the I-10 corridor…:
CUT 3 (08) “been hammered”
Keim says the heavy rainfall is expected to move out of the state tomorrow.

St. Tammany Parish officials are starting a program called Operation Angel where drug addicts could turn in their drugs and get treatment instead of jail. Covington Police Chief Tim Lentz says chemically dependent people would need to surrender any drugs they have, then they’ll be escorted by an “angel” to walk them through the recovery process at Giving Hope Retreat in Lacombe…:
CUT 13 (07) “a week”
Law enforcement agencies across the Northshore are participating.