LRN Newscast 15:30 06-17-15

Kenner Police arrest a New Orleans couple after they allegedly left their disabled 24-year-old daughter alone in a van while they gambled at a casino. Lt. Brian McGregor says officers responded to a call from a concerned citizen…
CUT 3 (10) “on a caretaker”
71-year-old William Jackson and his 62-year-old wife Paula are charged with cruelty to the infirm. The daughter was not injured.

State gas prices have gone up an average of 17 cents in the last thirty days, and AAA fuel analyst Don Redmond days we can probably expect some more increases for the next few weeks…
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But, by the end of next month, prices should be lower.
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State film leaders and some lawmakers are urging Governor Bobby Jindal to veto legislation that would put a cap of film tax credits at $180 million dollars. New Orleans Representative Walt Leger says-besides hurting the industry- it takes a state authorized and certified tax credit and renders it worthless in some years…
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Leger says the bill could open the state up to lawsuits.

The Red River is now below flood stage in Shreveport, but Mario Valverde with the National Weather Service says officials are now watching for what the Northeast Texas rainfall from Tropical Depression Bill will do to affect the Red…
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Right now the Red River at Shreveport is at 30 feet.