12:30 Newscast, February 2nd, 2017

Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has laid out new policies for the Police Department that require officers to try to de-escalate situations before using physical or deadly force. The changes stem from the officer involved shooting of Alton Sterling. Broome says many of these methods are taught to police officers at the academy…:
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A Lake Charles doctor has created a new FDA-approved pain relief cream. Dr. Craig Morton has been treating patients at the Center for Orthopedics for years and says many of his patients have been using more than one pain relief cream. He says that’s why he teamed up with chemists to develop Aculeve…:
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He says the cream is available at his clinic or online at Aculeve.com.

It’s Cajun Groundhog Day in Acadiana, and things are done a little differently down south than in Punxsutawney. Halen Doughty has more…:
CUT 1 (29) “I’m Halen Doughty”

FEMA announced today that now a total of about $60 million dollars has been committed to schools in Louisiana damaged by the August flood.