1:30 LRN Newscast July 26

Lafayette judge Marilyn Castle had a bailiff place duct tape on a defendant’s mouth after he kept interrupting a hearing. The ACLU calls the incident shocking, dehumanizing and brutal, but long-time attorney Tommy Guilbeau defends the judge…
cut 10 (09) “…in my opinion”
Fellow lawyer Tim Meche says the judge could have just had the defendant removed from the courtroom and watch the proceedings on a monitor from another room.

A Go Fund Me campaign has started to raise money for a new library on the LSU campus. LSU alum Ginger Gibson is looking for private donors to help build a new library, just like private money was used to build a new football operations building…
cut 4 (13) “… the academic experience”
LSU President F. King Alexander says a new library is in their master plan, but they don’t have the funding yet.

A Baton Rouge judge has sentenced two former LSU students to 30 days in the parish jail for their roles in the 2017 death of Phi Delta Theta pledge Max Gruver. Don Molino has more…
cut 2 (28) “…I’m Don Molino

The USA Waterfowl Calling Championships are this weekend in Lafayette at the Louisiana Outdoor Expo and Boat Show. Expo organizer Rob Kirkpatrick…
cut 13 (09) “…on Sunday”
The Louisiana Outdoor Expo and Boat Show is at the Cajundome Convention Center.