08:30 Newscast, October 12th, 2016

US Attorney Walt Green says the investigation into Alton Sterling’s death during a confrontation with Baton Rouge police officers is still ongoing, more than three months after the shooting. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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After today, all Jefferson Parish Public Schools are being told that Parish President Mike Yenni is not allowed on any campus in the parish. This comes after Yenni admitted to sending improper text messages to a 17-year-old boy. Just as the school board was about to bring forward the resolution to ban Yenni from going to schools or functions, Yenni volunteered to stay away.

River Parishes having come up with a new way to get more drunk drivers off the road…the BAT mobile. That’s for Blood Alcohol Testing and it’s a big van equipped with breathalyzer equipment. That’s according to State Police Troop C Commander Frank Besson who says this well help police test drivers’ breath on the spot…:
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The unit will be used in Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne parishes.

LSU’s mascot Mike VI succumbed to cancer Tuesday, and the man who raised him was one of the first to know. Steve Cotner, who was a volunteer at the Great Cats of Indiana when Roscoe was adopted, says he came to visit the famous feline in Baton Rouge twice…:
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Thanks to a GoFundMe account, Cotner plans on coming to LSU to meet everyone involved in the live mascot’s life.