06:30 Newscast October 7, 2015

We’re expecting a decision today on whether the LSU football game against South Carolina will be played in Columbia on Saturday. Officials said Tuesday that Williams Brice Stadium was spared significant damage from rain and flooding, but the city remains in response mode. Paul Cannell, with Alpha Media in Columbia, says he drives through campus everyday…

cut 7 (10) “to go to the game”

South Carolina Athletic Director Ray Tanner said the concerns about keeping the game as scheduled include the amount of law enforcement they use around the Midlands for such an event.

McDonald’s is now selling breakfast items 24 hours a day. LSU Marketing Professor Dan Rice says they’re hoping to bring in customers who normally don’t eat lunch or dinner at McDonalds…

cut 13 (08) “the day”

Officials with the fast-food chain say they came to this decision after listening to customer requests.

Louisiana’s very own Bayou Rum is now partnering with the New York-based Stoli Group to nationally distribute their liquor made from sugarcane. Co-founder and President of Louisiana Spirits, the producer of Bayou Rum, Trey Litel says this is really big for their company based in Lacassine because the partnership will help the company expand throughout the country and eventually internationally…

cut 10 (12) “by 2017”

Litel says the partnership with Stoli Group will begin in January of 2016 and until then, their distributors will keep selling Bayou Rum in the seven states where it’s currently sold.