4:30 PM Dec 11 LRN Newscast

Voting system vendors seeking certification by the State of Louisiana batted a thousand. Andrew Greenstein reports.

Cut 1 (33) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted five people yesterday in connection with the alleged hazing death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson.  Wilson was a mechanical engineering major and played the trumpet for the Human jukebox.  He died February 27th.  His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in September.

It’s been a very successful season for Christmas tree farms throughout the state this year. Kevin Steele, who owns Steele’s Christmas Tree Farm in Angie, in Washington Parish, says business was brisk this year.

Cut 6 (09) “…on the farm.”

Tomorrow at the LHSAA Prep Classic, two teams who have never won a state championship meet in the Superdome for the Division 2 non-select title. The Iowa Yellow Jackets will face the North DeSoto Griffin’s fire-powered offense, which is led by quarterback Luke Delafield. Iowa coach Tommy Johns says his defense has come up when it’s mattered most this season and believes they can continue to do so.

Cut 10 (12) “…and it shows.”