Wednesday, May 9, 2012 – 6:30am BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) — NBC33 Morning Edition with Neeha Curtis and Jesse Vinturella airs from 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. weekdays. Here are the top stories you need to know before walking out the door this morning. TRAFFIC-Part of Siegen Lane will be down to one lane in each direction today. This is due to crews beginning work on a new bridge in the area near I-10. The exit ramp from I-10 West onto Siegen as well as the Westbound I-10 Picardy exit ramp will also be closed. These closures will last until 5pm today. WEATHER-Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming north between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. LOCAL NEWS-Baton Rouge Police are looking for a bomb maker after an apartment maintenance worker found two homemade bombs yesterday. A dashcam video released by BRPD may exonerate Sgt. Bobby Schilling by showing he used less force than the suspect in order to gain control of the situation. Testimony in Lil Boosie's murder trial continues this morning. Four people are suing former LSU football players Jordan Jefferson and Josh Johns along with Shady's Bar in Baton Rouge over an incident that occurred at Shady's Bar 9 months ago. NATIONAL NEWS-Two Southwest planes were grounded in Phoenix last night, and all passengers were forced to be re-screened, while the FBI investigated a non-specific threat. Also, TSA screeners at Rhode Island Airport found a disassembled 40 caliber automatic handgun hidden inside three stuffed animals at a security checkpoint. All this and much more in this morning's recap of your morning news. For more traffic and weather updates, make sure to log on to the NBC33 Facebook page.
