A bill that would have banned drivers from handling their cell phones while behind the wheel failed by one vote in the Senate. The House-approved measure needed 20 votes to pass the upper chamber, but it received 19. Bossier City Senator Barrow Peacock says the legislation is too much of an infringement on personal freedoms
Cut 3 (11) “…state law”
Breaux Bridge Representative Mike Huval has been trying to get this legislation passed for years.

For the first time since 1989, LSU baseball won a regional championship on the road and they needed to win four straight elimination games to do so. The Tigers won the Eugene Regional with a nine to eight win over Oregon last night as Gavin Dugas hit two home runs…
cut 12 (06) “…this tournament”
LSU advances to the Super Regionals where they’ll play Tennessee on Thursday.

Governor John Bel Edwards and Canadian-based Canfor Corporation announce a new 160 million dollar lumber mill will be built in Beauregard Parish near DeRidder. Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says the mill is expected to create 130 new direct jobs with an average salary of nearly 60-thousand dollars and also 386 new indirect jobs…
Cut 6 (9) “…opportunity for us”
Canfor will locate the facility at the Beauregard Regional Airport and start-up is expected to begin late in the third quarter of next year.