7:30 LRN Newscast Nov 25

The feds OK some reduced royalty and royalty-free oil and gas drilling in shallow Gulf waters. Matt Doyle has the story.

Cut 1 (29) “I’m Matt Doyle”

In Avoyelles Parish two people are dead and two injured after a shooting early Sunday morning near the Community of Cottonport. The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened around 2 a.m. Sunday on Hwy. 29 at a club known as The New Beginnings. When APSO arrived at the scene, one man was dead, another was shot and driven to a hospital where he later died.

Beginning January 14th Windows will no longer offer patches and updates for their Windows 7 operating system. Tech Gumbo host Hagai (Hag-eye) Davis says nearly a third of all computers in circulation still run Windows 7, and a lot of those folks are in serious danger.

Cut 10 (11) “…explode”

Only 8 regional offices of OMV will open today for time-sensitive business only after a ransomware cyberattack paralyzed state computers.

The American Farm Bureau finds that Louisiana residents can expect to pay $47.54 for a Thanksgiving dinner that caters to a party of ten. Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation spokesperson Avery Davidson says for three pounds of sweet potatoes, Louisiana residents can expect to spend about $1.43 compared to about $3 around the rest of the country.

Cut 8 (10) “…directly from them.”