18:30 LRN Newscast July 29

The new school year is just around the corner, and hundreds of students who attend private schools with vouchers are on a waiting list to receive their vouchers. President of the Louisiana Federation for Children, Ann Duplesiss says we now have situations where siblings are split up and won’t be attending the same school.

Cut 7 (10) “disruption”

Duplesiss says these students could be forced to go to some of the worst schools in the state.

Drug arrests in Baton Rouge are down substantially since the fatal officer-involved shooting of Alton Sterling. Crime analyst Jeff Asher says they saw similar occurrences in other cities that had police shootings, like Ferguson, Chicago, and Baltimore.

cut 15 (09) “narcotics arrests”

Authorities have arrested the father of a 4-month-old who was found dead in a Lake Charles home and another person has been books in connection with the incident. Police Chief Don Dixon says 40-year-old Larry Champ and 25-year-old Courtney Moore each face charges of 2nd Degree Murder. Dixon says disturbing toxicology results came back from the child’s autopsy.
CUT 4 (06) “alcohol content”

23-year-old Danielle Allen was booked with Accessory after the fact.

Grand Isle’s biggest event of the year, the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo, is underway. The massive fishing festival draws thousands of people every year. Event spokesperson, Heather Martin says on the first day of the 88th annual rodeo, a man from Houma caught a 167 pound fish that took him 45 minutes to reel in.

CUT 9 (03) “pretty big”

The fishing rodeo began in 1928 and is informally referred to as the Mardi Gras of Grand Isle.