A Baton Rouge teen faces second-degree murder after he allegedly admitted to intentionally causing a crash that killed 51-year-old Stephanie Payne of Greenwell Springs last night. State Trooper Taylor Scrantz says Jack Jordan hit the gas and plowed into the back of Payne as she waited at a Baton Rouge intersection…
Cut 3 (11) “…resting.”
The arrest warrant says Jordan told investigators that God instructed him to kill himself.

LSU football coaches and players are impressed with their new 28-million dollar football operations building that features a new locker room, cafeteria and players lounge. Meanwhile, LSU mass communications professor Bob Mann says there are several academic buildings in the need of repairs, especially the library…
cut 13 (10) “…being pumped out”
LSU’s new ops building was paid for by private donations.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone releases his first major television ad of his campaign and in the 30-second spot he praises President Donald Trump. Rispone is battling to get in a runoff with Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. Congressman Ralph Abraham is the other funded Republican candidate in the race. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Rispone’s deep pockets give him an advantage…
cut 11 (10) “…known”
Rispone has a 10-million dollar war chest.

Methanex’s decision to build a third methanol plant in the Ascension Parish city of Geismar means that the area will be home to one of the world’s largest methanol complexes. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says methanol is a product critical to all economies…
cut 8 (12) “….the global economy”
The operation is expected to begin in 2022.