11:30 LRN Newscast

Governor Edwards signed River Ridge Representative Kirk Talbot’s nursing home camera bill, as it breezed through the legislature. The law allows families to place remotely accessible cameras in their loved ones nursing home rooms for monitoring. Talbot says before you rush to grab that grandma cam, you need to talk to their roommate.
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The legislation was inspired by a nursing home incident where a family suspected that the staff was physically abusing their relative,

If you are traveling through Baton Rouge this weekend the eastbound lane on the I-10 Mississippi River bridge will be closed from 7 PM tonight until noon Sunday for emergency repairs. DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett…
cut 15 (09) “…of life”
So motorists heading east through Baton Rouge towards New Orleans, the Northshore or Gulf Coast beaches, it’s advised you take the Highway 190 bridge to get a across the Mississippi River.

The F-D-A has sent warning letters to companies who claim you can take a pill to prevent sun burns. LSU Health and co-founder of the Audubon Dermatology in New Orleans, Doctor Deirdre Hooper, says these pills may contain antioxidants that can help repair skin damage, but the claims they can prevent a sun burn are not true…
cut 8 (08) “…your skin”

Last month went down as one of the hottest May’s on record as the average daily high temperature was at least 90-degree for the month. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we usually only see a handful of 90-degree days in May….
cut 4 (12) “…really has been”
Tomorrow could be the hottest day of this early summer as temperatures are expected to reach the mid to upper 90s.