The Army Corps of Engineers announces the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish could finally close in the second or third week of July. The spillway has been open for 90 days this year, topping the previous record of 75 in 1973. Corps spokesperson Matt Roe says they’ve have been faced with high river levels for even longer than that…
cut 12 (06) “…11 feet”
Roe says they will begin closing the Bonnet Carre when the Mississippi River falls to 15.5 feet at the Carrollton gage in New Orleans.

Craft beer brewers across the state have seen things fizzle. Six breweries opened their doors over the last year, but five others closed…
cut 15 (07) “….things to help”
That’s the Executive director of Louisiana’s Craft Brewer’s Guild Cary Koch who hopes a new state legislature that will take office in 2020 can make changes to state laws to help their industry.

An overnight shooting at an East Baton Rouge home leaves three dead, but deputies credit the quick thinking of a 14-year-old for the fast capture of the suspect. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
cut 2 (28) I’m Kevin Barnhart”

State Police announce the arrest of three Rapides Parish Sheriff’s deputies who allegedly were paid for hours they didn’t work during the Safe and Sober campaign. Trooper Scott Moreau says the arrests come 9 months after the investigation began.
Cut 13 (09) “…an internal audit.”
The three deputies arrested.. Matthew Davis, Jonathan Treadway, and David Billings.