LSU running back Jerry Stovall will have his number 21 retired. It will be hung in Tiger Stadium in a place of honor. Jeff Palermo has the story…
It’s high times in New Orleans this week as the annual MJBiz conference kicks off today. 70 experts and 275 companies will be represented in the marijuana industry conference that’s in it’s 7th year. Cassandra Farrington is the CEO of Marijuana biznews daily which reports on the cannibus industry. She says these conventions are fostering the boom that is the weed industry.
State Farm auto insurance customers will see a three percent decrease in their rates this summer, despite soaring numbers of distracted driving accidents that helped the nation set a record number of road deaths. That number works out to about 43 dollars a customer a year. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the savings are not really the result of federal tax reform, but a better than expected series of results for insurance companies.
A bit of an up-rising at Angola State Penitentiary yesterday as 30 inmates refused to work and three of them got into altercations with the guards. AS the inmates were lining up to go to work at 8 a.m. yesterday…two of them broke the line and attacked two officers, punching them in the head and face. According to the department of corrections order was quickly restored and the guards only had minor injuries. The inmates involved in the fight are facing additional charges.