LRN Newscast 14:30 August 10

North Korea is threatening to execute a military strike against Guam, which is a U-S territory. Congressman Clay Higgins from St. Landry Parish says this is unacceptable…

cut 13 (11) “…decade”

President Donald Trump has threatened North Korea with fire and fury.

An 18-year-old is behind bars for the fatal shooting of a Tennessee truck driver who was fixing a flat tire on his 18-wheeler. Baton Rouge Police Sergeant L’Jean McKneely credits the hard work of detectives for getting this teenager off the street before anyone else could get hurt…
cut 5 (11) “…shooting them”
Police have charged Landry Carter with first-degree murder.

Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency in New Orleans because of the city’s malfunctioning water-pumping system . A turbine caught on fire overnight at a pumping station and it’s left some neighborhoods at a greater risk for flooding. Edwards says this is a serious situation, but….
cut 11 (11) “….without undue problems”
Edwards says his emergency declaration is a precautionary measure.

In Livingston Parish, Walker police say an argument between a couple that is engaged to be married resulted in a 26-year-old woman jumping out of the pick-up truck while it was traveling on an I-12 entrance ramp…
cut 7 (07) “…head injuries”
Walker Police Captain John Sharp says Whitney Cotton is in critical condition. No foul play is suspected.