A report by the Center for American Progress finds a gun is stolen from a private owner every 67 minutes in Louisiana….:
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Emelie Gunn”

It was a deadly weekend in Baton Rouge. Cops say two teens are dead after a shooting Sunday that police believe happened after a dispute over a drug transaction. Investigators believe 19-year-old Kenyi Kolok met 18-year-old Orenthean Daniels to conduct a deal that went wrong. Police said Kolok died on the scene from an apparent gunshot wound, and Daniels was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries also.

The LSU football team reported to campus on Sunday as the Tigers are set to open its first training camp under head coach Ed Orgeron. Coach O says he’s eager to see how it all comes together…:
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Preseason camp will be closed off to the media through at least mid-August.

Beginning tomorrow, smoking will no longer be permitted at bars in Lafayette, as a ban approved by the city-parish council goes into effect. CEO of the Smoking Cessation Trust Mike Rogers hopes as smokers run out of places to light up, they’ll decide to quit…:
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Lafayette is the 11th Louisiana city to ban smoking in bars.