LRN Newscast 16:30 12-30-14

Louisiana 1st District Congressman Steve Scalise is making national headlines, after he admits to speaking at an event organized by a white supremacist group in 2002…
CUT 2 (30) “reporting”

A Baton Rouge mother of a two year-old has been charged with the death of her child, after she allegedly shoved her into a shower wall. Twenty-one year old Candance Shanee Smith has been charged with second degree Cruelty to a Juvenile. Other charges may be pending.

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A boom in Louisiana industry is showing the need for more power to keep up with the growth. Entergy-the state’s largest utility company-says they’re making their plans right now…
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That’s Entergy spokesman Mike Burns. The new power plants that need building will have about a billion dollar price tag.

The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested two teen-agers for allegedly stealing a limousine from a Napoleonville funeral home. Deputy Robert Martin says 18-year-old Trey Hebert and 17-year-old Brandon Morris were at a hospital where one of them was being treated for a fight he was in earlier that morning. They didn’t have a ride home and began hitchhiking…
cut 12 (08) “to Pierre Part”
Each are charged with felony theft.