16:30 LRN Newscast October 16

The search continues for a missing worker after an oil and gas platform exploded in Lake Pontchartrain on Sunday…
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

New Orleans is on the verge of electing its first female mayor. Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell and former Municipal Court Judge Desiree Charbonnet are in the November 18 runoff. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says with history in the making, expect to hear more about this race…
Cut 12 (07) “sharp edged.”

An autopsy on an 11-month old East Baton Rouge child finds that the infant was shot, stabbed and beaten. Authorities have charged 33-year-old Fabian Smith with first-degree murder. Zachary Police Chief David McDavid says they responded to the home after another child in Smith’s house alerted a neighbor of what happened…
cut 8 (07) “….call 9-1-1″
Police are still searching for a motive.

Baton Rouge police say a homeowner fatally shot another man during a verbal altercation in his front yard. Sergeant Don Coppola says 26-year-old Clayton Bradford died at the scene on West Brock Place…
cut 16 (11) “…fired”
Coppola says the 36-year-old shooter is cooperating and no arrests have been made as of yet.