The governor’s office confirms two people are dead after a likely tornado roared through Ruston early this morning. No details have been reported on how the individuals died. Extensive damage has been reported throughout the city, even on Louisiana Tech’s campus, where the softball stadium and soccer field sustained damage. Classes have been canceled for the day.

Two former LSU Tigers are expected to hear their names called tonight in the first round of the NFL draft. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Raising the minimum wage, pay secrecy and legislation to allow farmers to grow hemp will be the hot topics for discussion at the state capitol today. Opposition is expected against all three topics, even industrial hemp, because of its close association to marijuana. But Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says you can’t get high from smoking the hemp that Louisiana farmers will produce…
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The minimum wage and pay secrecy bills will be heard in Senate Labor.

The LSU Ag Center has received a 500-thousand dollar grant to see how various components from a cannabis plant treats epileptic seizures in zebrafish. Chris Green is conducting the research…
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The grant comes from G-B Sciences, which is LSU’s growing partner of medical marijuana that could be available to patients next month.