Ten inmates at David Wade Correctional Center in Homer suffered injuries after lightning strikes the field where they were playing flag football. Department of Corrections spokesperson Ken Pastorick says a weather event was closing in, but the flag football game was not called off because there were no signs of imminent danger.
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The strike hit just adjacent to where the inmates were playing.
The University of Texas claims LSU Coach Ed Orgeron’s comments about the visitor’s locker room having no air conditioning was the first time they were made aware of the issue. Coach O says he had intel about the situation before showing up.
Cut 6 (11) “…blowers in there.”
Didn’t stop LSU from taking down the Longhorns 45-38.
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