09:30 Newscast, August 9th, 2017

Livingston Parish students and teachers are looking forward to a year of normalcy as they begin classes today days ahead of the one year anniversary of the historic flood. School superintendent Rick Wentzel says after dealing with the devastation of homes, schools and businesses, the community is ready to get back into a routine…:
Cut 6 (10) “safe environment”
This year all students in the parish will receive free breakfast and lunch.

Two suspects in a Lafayette kidnapping apparently drowned in the Intracoastal Canal after evading deputies in a chase. West Baton Rouge Sheriff Mike Cazes, who says deputies made a shocking discovery when they searched a van the two men abandoned near LA 1 when they gave chase…:
Cut 11 (10) “manhunt started”
The men were later found drowned in the canal.

State Police in the Troop C area, which covers parishes in the Deep South of Louisiana is concerned about the recent increases in preventable traffic fatalities in the area. Troop Commander Captain Frank Besson (Bay-sawn) says they have investigated 31 fatality crashes, resulting in 37 deaths, so far this year, up 35-percent in 2016. He says DWI arrests are up this year…:
Cut 8 (10) “as well”
Besson says it’s easy to make good driving decisions, like wearing your seat belt and never driving under the influence.

NOAA will issue an outlook update at this hour going into the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. There have been six named storms over the first nine weeks of this season. Initially, NOAA predicted an above-normal season with 11 to 17 named storms, of which five to nine could become hurricanes, including two to four major hurricanes.