1:30 PM Newscast

State Police have located four children as well as their mother, 33-year-old Amanda Morgan of Jackson Parish following the issuance of a Level Two Endangered/Missing Children Welfare Concern. All are reported to be safe, with the grandmother of the children picking them up in Union Parish.

The New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission has assembled a database on their website of financial disclosures for every single judge in the state. Jeff Palermo spoke with President Rafael Goyeneche…

cut  2 (31) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”

 

The Bayou Country Superfest is riding off into the Baton Rouge sunset as festival organizers have announced the annual Memorial Day weekend event will be on hiatus until further notice.  President and CEO of Visit Baton Rouge Paul Arrigo says looking back, it was a great event for the city.He’s not sure what the future holds for the festival.

Cut 5 (07) “…the near future.”

At the peak in 2014, 135,000 people attended the festival.  Last year drew about 50,000.

The Louisiana Department of Health reports a third person has died in Louisiana from complications related to vaping, while the total number of vaping-related cases has risen to 35. Office of Public Health Assistant Secretary Alex Billioux says despite the tragic recent death, growth in the number of cases seems to be slowing down.

Cut 8 (08) “…of use.”

LDH’s number one recommendation to stop the illness is still to just not vape.