16:30 LRN Newscast September 18

A person of interest in the fatal shooting of a pair of black men in Baton Rouge last week has been released on bond.  Emelie Gunn has more…

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The LSU AgCenter has finalized its contract with GB Sciences which will grow medical marijuana for Louisiana patients who have specific conditions. The marijuana-based medication made by the company is required to be put in oil based medical products.  GB Sciences Louisiana will renovate the production facility and availability to patients is expected by mid-2018.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center has been awarded a 6.7 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study military nutrition and metabolism research. Researcher Dr. Jennifer Rood (Rude) says they will focus on how to ensure a healthy and fit military…

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Rood says this research could change the eating habits of soldiers.

The official cause of death for LSU freshman Max Gruver from the coroner’s office may not be known for several weeks as they await toxicology results. East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore says some members of the fraternity were fully cooperative with LSU police…:

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Gruver had elevated levels of alcohol in his body at the time of his death after being transported from the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house on the LSU campus.