LRN Newscast 14:30 09-19-14

It’s been 4 years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and we’re still working on restoration. Jeff Palermo reports.

CUT 1 (30) “reporting”
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has come out with their annual obesity report, and Louisiana’s obesity rate had dropped from number one to number six… …

CUT 8 (06) Q: “future years”

That’s LSU’s Penington Biomedical Research Obesity Researcher LeAnne Redman.

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A Donaldsonville man who pleaded guilty in 1995 to negligent homicide in a crash that killed a ten-week old child has avoided prison. Stanley White originally received a two-year prison sentence 19 years ago, but was never given a report date. Now, the re-sentence is two years of home incarceration. Stephen Moore is White’s attorney…

CUT 9 (09) “not justice”

The parents of the infant killed in the wreck say justice is NOT being served.
The month of August was a record settting month of employment growth in Louisiana, with private employers adding 36 thousand jobs over the year. The biggest contributor, according to the Louisiana workforce commission is construction, with almost 10 thousand construction jobs were added.