This year’s medicinal marijuana crop has had its expected ship date pushed back to November. Matt Doyle has more.
Cut 3 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”

The feds will be holding another auction of leases for oil and gas plots in the Gulf of Mexico today, with Louisiana industry members hoping for a more substantial result than the previous sale this year.  Tulane Energy Institute Interim Director Eric Smith says there’s reasons to be optimistic it’ll be bigger sale this time.
Cut 4 (11) “oil prices.”

A Jennings teen has been sentenced to fifty-five years behind bars. Parker Gary, now 19, was accused of shooting his grandfather, Warren Gary, in his sleep and obstruction of justice in the murder of Dedrick Gant. District Attorney of the 31stJudicial District, Michael Cassidy explains the case’s brutality justified the substantial sentencing. Cassidy says the teen caught forty years from the death of his grandfather and breaks down the math on how he got a total of just over half a century in the clink.
Cut 11 (13) “…of 55 years.”

Nick Brossette enters his fourth season at LSU after being overshadowed by featured backs Leonard Fournette, and Derius Guice Brossette says with all that in mind he is walking into this season with a chip on his shoulder…
Cut 16 (10) “…about myself”