A first-grader admits to starting a church fire in Vivian after playing with a lighter they found in the parking lot of the building. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says the child insisted they didn’t have a vendetta against the church or anyone who went there, they were just curious about fire…
Cut 10 (08) “…matches and lighters.”
The 7-year-old told investigators he snuck into the church while it was closed to play with the lighter.
The world champion Eastbank Little League team is back home after an incredible tournament run capped by two consecutive shutout games to end the competition. U.S. House Minority Whip and Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise says the team is one the state can be proud of.
President Trump has extended an invitation for the team to visit the White House.
The Dean Lee Research Center outside Alexandria is now the farthest north location for sugar cane planting in the world as scientists try to test the limits of the cash crop. Currently, the farthest north commercial sugarcane is grown is in Lecompte, a few miles south of Dean Lee. LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Ken Gravois says it’s remarkable we’ve even found success that far inland.
Soybeans and corn tend to dominate acreage the further north you move in Louisiana.
Authorities allege an impaired driver killed a motorcyclist from Vidalia early Sunday morning in Concordia Parish. Trooper Scott Moreau says 63-year-old Veria Coleman of Jonesville crossed the center line on U-S Highway 84, striking several motorcyclists, one of them fatally.
Cut 12 (10) “…the motorcycles”
The deceased motorcyclist is identified as 22-year-old Cody McClung.