2:30 PM Newscast

Congressman Ralph Abraham has an up and down week, as he gets dragged for missing congressional votes, but scores two major donors…

Cut 1 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle.”

A former Caddo Magnet High fencing coach is convicted of attempted molestation and faces up to 7 and a half years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender.   The jury deliberated for 2 and a half hours before finding 72-year-old Sharron Settlemire guilty. The victim, who is now 33, was 16 at the time of the incident. Sentencing is scheduled for next week.

 

It’s been a tough year for the Louisiana seafood industry and an algae bloom in Lake Pontchartrain is the latest hurdle.  Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says there is no shortage of red tape to cut through to get federal assistance for those that are getting nothing right now in the seafood industry.

Cut 11 (11) “…not an option.”

The opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway has affected the salinity levels of Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Sound, impacting tourism and driving catchable product further offshore.

A Baton Rouge woman is one million dollars richer thanks to a social media post.  Lottery spokesperson BreAnne Frye says checked her ticket after Singleton was tagged in a Facebook post by her sister-in-law in Connecticut that someone in Baton Rouge had one a million dollar Powerball prize, adding that the winnings come at a good time for Singleton.

Cut 13 (09) “…morning for sure.”