LRN Newscast 16:30 05-15-15

A recent statewide survey shows almost two-thirds of voters favor the TOPS scholarship program…
CUT 1 (29) “reporting”

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Deputies have made an arrest in connection the child abuse of a 8 year-old girl. The girl told detectives 26 year-old Kerrian Javana Clofer held her hands over an open flame of a gas stove, after she ate a snack without permission. She also stated that Clofer repeatedly would handcuff her. The charges facing Clofer are 2nd degree cruelty to a juvenile and false imprisonment.
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A man is under arrest in Alexandria, after he allegedly kicked in the door of his child’s mother’s residence, threatened her and the 8 month-old baby, then threw his little child up against the wall, before fleeing with diapers and milk. Twenty year-old Devontee Smith faces numerous charges. As far as the baby’s condition, things look ok….
CUT 11 (06) Q: ‘to the child’
That’s Alexandria Police Deputy Chief Cedric Green.

This summer might the biggest ever for Hollywood South at the Box Office. Starting this weekend with the opening of the Baton Rouge filmed Pitch Perfect 2, if you hit up the theater this summer there’s a good chance you’ll see a movie that was filmed in Louisiana…
CUT 6 (07) “the next Terminator”
That’s Louisiana Entertainment Executive Director Chris Stelly, who says the Bayou State is also active on the TV screen as well.