9:30 LRN Newscast June 11

Assistant Health Secretary Doctor Alex Billioux says they are seeing rising COVID cases in Lake Charles, Alexandria, and Monroe. Billioux says most of these new cases could be coming from nursing homes…
cut 5 (08) “…settings”
Billioux says in the Lake Charles region they’ve seen an increase in hospitalizations.

A Greater New Orleans Foundation survey finds about three-quarters of the nonprofits in southeast Louisiana are dealing with financial issues and 23-percent of the organizations may partner with another non-profit. G-N-O-F President Andy Kopplin says the potential mergers are a testament to how concerned they are with the financial impacts…
cut 9 (07) “….quality staff members”
Kopplin says the start of COVID-19, GNOF has awarded over two million dollars in grants to individuals and nonprofits battling the pandemic.

The Middleton Library on LSU’s campus will have a new name. The building has been named after General Troy Middleton who served as LSU’s president from 1951 to 1962. There’s evidence Middleton promoted segregation, keeping black and white students separate. Blackout LSU organizer Gideon Adeyemo is delighted with the news…
cut 3 (09) “…as possible”
The LSU Board of Supervisors will have to approve the name change.

By tomorrow, LSU executive deputy athletic director Verge Ausberry expects every member of the football team will be registered to vote. Ausberry says it’s something the players wanted to do in response to the recent events in our country, but he says the school will not influence the decisions the student-athletes make….
cut 15 (06) “…to vote for”