Governor Edwards announces a suspect has been arrested in the St. Landry Parish church fires that destroyed three historically black churches over a ten-day span. Twenty-one-year-old Holden Matthews of Opelousas was booked into the St. Landry parish jail on three counts of simple arson of a religious building. An exact motive has not been established.

Gubernatorial candidate Congressman Ralph Abraham announces over 100 endorsements from local elected officials in 36 parishes. Matt Doyle spoke to the two state reps on the list…
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle.”

A study recommends two riverboat casinos in Bossier City should relocate, because the gaming business has declined in northwest Louisiana. Louisiana Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Jones says the Shreveport-Bossier market has been hurt, because Oklahoma tribal casinos are doing a better job in luring visitors from the Dallas-Fort Worth area…
Cut 14 (09) “…about to expand.”
The study recommended that Boomtown Bossier City should move to the northshore of Lake Ponchartrain while Diamond Jacks should relocate to northeast Louisiana, but such an effort would take years to complete.

LSU says it’s new admissions model, which takes into account a student’s background and not just G-P-A and test scores, is showing impressive results. System president F King Alexander says the 2018 freshman class earned more credits than the previous two incoming classes and equaled the 2017 freshman class G-P-A. Alexander says shifting to holistic admissions puts LSU in line with 48 of the nation’s top 50 schools…
cut 11 (11) “…senior year”