Two people are dead after a tornado ripped thru the Louisiana Tech Campus early this morning according to The Monroe Newstar. The two fatalities have not yet been identified and classes have been canceled for the day. Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker says “It’s bad, real bad. We took a direct hit” Most of the damage occurred along Tech Drive and the Cypress Springs subdivision south of Interstate 20 and hundreds are without power.
Governor Edwards is calling for three televised debates with his opponents in the governor’s race. Connor Ferrill has more.
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The Louisiana Public Service Commission wants telephone companies to hang up on robocalls. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says the calls are a violation of Louisiana’s ‘Do Not Call’ law that prevents telemarketers from calling numbers that have signed up on a do not call registry. He says they are breaking the law he wants them to receive severe fines…
The LSU AgCenter will begin studying to effects of cannabis-based compounds on epileptic seizures, using the common zebrafish as a lab rat.
AgCenter researcher Chris Green developed the “zebrafish model”, and says the test starts by filming and measuring the movements of the seizing fish…
Then marijuana extracts will be added into the tanks and reactions will be monitored.