The LSU AgCenter is one step closer to getting medical marijuana to patients with cancer, epilepsy, and HIV/AIDS. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Louisiana has opened up a 39 day red snapper fishing season in federal waters starting today. Emelie Gunn has more…
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After members of Congress were targeted in a Virginia shooting, New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond says it’s time to ramp up security. Halen Doughty has more…
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The LSU AgCenter selects a vendor for the medical marijuana program. AgCenter Chancellor Dr. Bill Richardson says this is the last major hurdle to getting the drug into the hands of those who need it. He says the details of the agreement have not been released, but the plan is to contract with a biopharmaceutical research company from Las Vegas called GB Sciences.
Richardson says the Board of Supervisors will act on the plan at their June 22 meeting. He says it’s been almost a year since the board voted to allow the AgCenter to grow medical marijuana that would be prescribed to a certain group of patients outlined by state law.
Richardson says they hope to have the product available to the patients by early 2018. He says LSU will be on the cutting edge of medical marijuana research, and they’ll be able to help patients with cancer, epilepsy, or HIV/AIDS.
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I will be a busy red snapper season for Louisiana anglers. Under an agreement with the federal government, fisherman will get 39 days, beginning today until September 4th,to fish for red snapper in federal waters on weekends. Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves…
Recreational anglers will be permitted to start fishing 200 miles off the coast of Louisiana for red snapper every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through September 4th, also included are July 3rd and 4th and Labor Day. Graves says after this season, the red snapper population will be reevaluated to see if a fall season can open. He says this is to prevent over fishing.
Graves says this is a great agreement for fishermen, after all the angst and frustration surrounding a previously short red snapper season in federal waters. He says they are working to come up with a permanent solution.
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A State Trooper has been charged with simple battery after allegedly using excessive force on a suspect. Trooper Melissa Matey says back in February, Master Trooper John Neal tried to conduct a traffic stop on a stolen vehicle in Orleans Parish, one of the occupants fled on foot and was detained. She says that’s when things escalated between Neal and the victim.
And Matey says the use of excessive force didn’t stop there.
Footage of the incident was captured by civilian surveillance video and body cameras. The victim was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries and when released from the hospital he was booked on several charges including a possession of a stolen auto. Matey says as a result of their investigation, detectives determined Neal committed simple battery on the victim. She says it’s always a sad day when LSP has to charge one of their own.
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New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond says it is time to ramp up security for federal lawmakers, after a shootout at a baseball park in Virginia left House Majority Whip Steve Scalise seriously injured. Richmond says in these polarizing times, Congressional leaders need to be aware of the potential danger of their positions.
Scalise had a security detail because he is the third highest ranking member of the US House, but other congressmen do not have such protection. Richmond says security for members of Congress is embarrassingly inadequate.
Richmond says if Scalise had not been at that practice, it could have been a blood bath. He says something has to be done to keep all members of Congress safe at all times.
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LSU faces Florida State tomorrow night in the opening round of the College World Series. Both teams are red hot, the Seminoles have won 12 of their last 13, while LSU has won 16 straight. Publisher of Collegiate Baseball News Lou Pavlovich (Pav-low-vich) says just like LSU, Florida State went through a rough patch during the regular season…
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Out of the eight teams in the College World Series, Florida State has scored the most runs with 488. Pavlovich says LSU starting pitcher Alex Lange will go face a line-up that will be patient at the plate…
Cal-State Fullerton and top-seeded Oregon State are the other two teams in LSU’s bracket. But the Beavers best pitcher Luke Heimlich will not pitch in the C-W-S. It was recently learned that Heimlich pleaded guility as a teenager to molesting a six-year-old girl. Pavlovich says it’s a big blow to Oregon State’s chances of winning a third national title…