Just hours after releasing a photo of suspects in the Sunday evening fire set inside the Covington Wal-Mart store, two teens are under arrest. Ashley Rodrigue, with the state Fire Marshal, says citizens ID’ed the boys – ages 15 and 17 – pretty quickly. She says parents need to tell their teens fire is NEVER a toy…:

CUT 11(08)      “…out of trouble.”

The store will be closed for weeks while fire damage is repaired.

The bill to let citizens carry a concealed gun without a permit has been stopped for this year. Already passed by the House, the problems arose when Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau sought to amend mandatory training into the bill. He says he’s been told of gun buyers who don’t know how to LOAD the weapon…:

CUT 16(08)      “…what else does.”

The bill’s author chose to voluntarily defer his own bill; killing it.

Restore Louisiana announces homeowners affected by Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Ida and the May 2021 severe storms have until August 1st to complete a survey in order to receive rebuilding grant money. Teiko Foxx has more…:

CUT 02(33)      “…Foxx.”

Game time for the LSU baseball team’s first game in the super regionals is 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The fifth-seeded Tigers will play Kentucky in the best-of-three in the super-regional series in Baton Rouge. LSU beat Oregon State 13 to 7 at the Box Monday.