The Louisiana Senate gave final approval today to a bill that would take away jail time as an option for judges when they sentence individuals caught with 14 grams or less of marijuana. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau led the effort to get the bill passed in the Senate…
Cut 7 (7) “…the fines”
The fine would also be reduced for a first offense from 300 to 100-dollars.

State Police are asking for the public’s help in trying to find a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash in St. Helena Parish on May 26th that killed a two-year-old girl. Trooper Will Huggins says the vehicle has been described by witnesses as a light-colored van or SUV
Cut 4 (04) “…driver side mirror”
The girl was outside of the vehicle at the time on La Highway 1045 due to a previous accident.

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is in Juneau, Alaska this week as part of a partnership between our two states to jointly promote domestic seafood. Nungesser says the partnership will certainly boost the profile of Louisiana seafood and help promote tourism into the Bayou State, but it will also spread another important message.
Cut 25 (08)” …country.”

The LSU Baseball team will face Oregon again tonight in the Eugene Regional title game after beating the Ducks four to one last night. Gavin Dugas hit a home run and so did Dylan Crews, who has three home runs in the regional and has also collected ten hits. Dugas says it’s great to call Crews a teammate…
cut 13 (10) “…he’s awesome”
Tonight’s game will begin at nine PM.