An explosion and fire at the Williams Partners’ natural gas facility in the Terrebonne Parish town of Gibson has left three people dead and two others seriously injured. State Police spokesperson Evan Harrell says the two workers who were seriously hurt are now in the care of doctors who treat burn victims…

cut 14 (08) “Baton Rouge area”

He says the workers were performing maintenance on the facility, which was not operational at the time.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation’s website, twitter accounts, and smart phone app will be used by State Police to relay information about traffic crashes, congestion and roadway construction. Trooper Dustin Dwight says drivers can see real time traffic updates on the “Way to Geaux” app, which is available on iTunes and Google Play…

cut 8 (10) “your vicinity”

Dwight says DOTD has eight twitter accounts for different regions across the state.

Early voting for the October 24th election begins Saturday and runs through October 17th, excluding Sunday. Secretary of State spokesperson Meg Casper says there’s a lot on this ballot in addition to the governor’s, lt. governor’s, and attorney general’s races…

cut 5 (10) “parishes statewide”

She says you can go online to geauxvote-dot-com to find out where to early vote and what’s exactly on your ballot.

To make South Carolina feel as much at home as possible when playing in Tiger Stadium, LSU’s Golden Band from Tigerland will play U-S-C’s fight song tomorrow. LSU Band Director Roy King says they’re going to play South Carolina’s alma mater, “We Hail Thee Carolina,” during the pregame. He says the Tiger Band felt this was an appropriate gesture considering the circumstances…

cut 11 (09) “as well”

Kickoff is at 2:30.