LSU has completed its contract with the company that will grow medical marijuana, clearing the way for cultivation to begin…:
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Hundreds gathered last night at a church on LSU’s campus to remember 18-year-old Max Gruver who died last week after leaving the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house in what officials have called a possible hazing incident. Phi Delta Theta has formally revoked the charter from its LSU chapter saying some of the members had violated its Alcohol Free Housing policy.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center has been awarded a 6.7 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study military nutrition and metabolism research. Researcher Dr. Jennifer Rood (Rude) says they will focus on how to ensure a healthy and fit military…:
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She says Pennington has the expertise to conduct research that’s not available within the Department of Defense.

Two elected officials in the northwest Louisiana town of Stanley suffered burns from an explosion at their home. DeSoto Parish Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle says Mayor Sharon Fletcher and her mother Dwena Henry, who is the alderman, suffered burns on their bodies. He says the 92-year-old Henry is fighting for her life…:
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Henry has a decades-long following through a column she writes in the weekly newspaper.