11:30 LRN Newscast July 22

Louisiana will remain in Phase Two through early August as the number of people hospitalized by COVID-19 continues to rise…
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Kevin Barnhart”

Qualifying for the November federal election is underway and Republican Senator Bill Cassidy is up for re-election. The doctor from Baton Rouge says he has a strong record to run on…
cut 8 (07) “…more to do”
Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins announced this morning that he will for Senate giving Cassidy a major Democratic challenger.

The National Hurricane Center is giving a tropical wave moving towards the central Gulf of Mexico a medium chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours. State Climatologist Barry Keim says even if this system doesn’t develop into a named storm, it will still bring rain to the Bayou State…
cut 4 (11) “…of Louisiana”
Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed in the middle of the Atlantic this morning. Gonzalo is expected to develop into a hurricane as it heads towards the Caribbean. Gonzalo could be bearing down on Jamaica on Monday.

A new era in Monroe city government is underway as Friday Ellis has been sworn-in as mayor….
cut 15 (11) “….of its residents”
Ellis ran as an independent and defeated longtime mayor Jamie Mayo.