11:30 Newscast, June 30th, 2017

East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore gave an extensive review of what happened last July when a gunman ambushed Baton Rouge Police officers, killing three and wounding three. Moore provided the public with the shooter’s suicide note. He says its clear Gavin Long came to Baton Rouge to inflict pain on police officers…:
Cut 6 (10) “didn’t matter”
In Long suicide’s note, he’s angry about the fatal police shootings that have occurred. Long’s attack on the officers came 12 days after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in Baton Rouge.

The state Department of Health says they’ve confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri (Nay-Ah Glearia, Fowl-ER-ree), the so-called brain-eating amoeba, in Ouachita Parish’s North Monroe Water System and Terrebonne Parish’s Schriever Water System. The tap water is safe for residents to drink, but the Department urges residents to avoid getting water in their noses.

AAA says this Fourth of July Holiday weekend travel period, which begins Friday, will be historic as more Americans are expected to take to the skies, roads, rails and waterways than ever before. Spokesman Don Redman says they’ve never seen numbers like this before…:
CUT 3 (08) “even more than last year”
Redman says with 1.25 million more travelers than last year, 2017 will be marked as the most traveled Independence Day holiday weekend ever.

Today a Louisiana legend is being laid to rest, as funeral services for Johnny Huntsman begin at 2 p.m. in Oak Grove. Huntsman opened the first Johnny’s Pizza House in 1967 in Monroe, which has grown into an empire spanning several states. Former KNOE-TV news director Jim Shannon says Huntsman was loved by so many…:
Cut 13 (09) “bad times”
Huntsman was 77.