A Baton Rouge man considered a person of interest in the shooting deaths of two black men last week, has bonded out of jail. 23-year-old Kenneth Gleason was arrested over the weekend on drug charges. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola says Gleason has yet to be cleared of the homicides…:
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He says it’s a possibility that these murders were racially motivated, but the investigation is ongoing.

Whether or not charges will be filed in the case of the LSU freshman who died in a possibly hazing incident is still a long way from being known. That’s according to East Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore who says some members of 18-year-old Max Gruver’s fraternity were fully cooperative with LSU police…:
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Preliminary autopsy findings indicated Gruver had high levels of alcohol in his system.

A summit is being held at the White House today for presidents of black colleges, but Grambling State President Rick Gallot did not go. He says it’s not a boycott, they’re just busy at Grambling; and still waiting on a person to be named to head the Washington Initiative on HBCUs…:
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He says September is the worst time to hold a summit for academics, as it’s the beginning of a semester and the kickoff of football season.

LSU has completed its contract with the company that will grow medical marijuana. The AgCenter says the deal is done with GB Sciences, and the drug is expected to reach patients by mid-2018.