12:30 LRN Newscast August 4

A lot of students go back to school next week and the Louisiana Department of Health wants parents to make sure their kids are vaccinated. There are theories that vaccines can cause health problems like autism, but L-D-H immunization director, Doctor Frank Welch, says parents should get the facts about vaccines from their pediatrician…
cut 11 (07) “….from an expert”

Thirteen chefs, including Bonnie Breaux from St. Martinville, will compete Saturday in the Great American Seafood Cook-off at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says the compeititors are not just from the south, they also have chefs from Alaska, Massachusetts and New Mexico…
cut 7 (07) “…to see”
Tickets at the door cost 10 bucks and it begins 11:30 AM.

LSU’s only Heisman Trophy winner, Dr. Billy Cannon, will be honored at the school’s Baton Rouge campus with a statue. Jeff Palermo has more…
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

Former Saints kicker Morten Andersen will become the second kicker in history to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.