11:30 LRN Newscast May 29

LSU researchers make a new discovery that helps healthcare providers understand what can make COVID-19 so deadly, especially among African Americans…
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Matt Doyle”

Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins tells CNN that masks are a bacteria trap and do not help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Higgins suggested that if you can smell through the mask, then it’s not stopping people from catching COVID-19. The C-D-C disagrees.

LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine says his office is looking into complaints that at least 12 schools have held summer workouts, disobeying the June 8th start date order. Bonine says it’s disappointing some schools are not following the rules…
cut 9 (09) “…this point”
Bonine says schools and coaches who hold summer workouts before June eighth could be fined and suspended.

Governor John Bel Edwards spoke at the memorial service for fallen State Trooper George Baker, who died earlier this week from injuries he sustained while involved in a police chase in Hammond last week. Edwards had this message for Baker’s wife Heather and his daughter Harper…
cut 12 (12) “…legacy alive”
Baker was just 33-years-old.