A man accused of shooting two people, including a police officer, on the Grambling State campus overnight is in custody. State Police Trooper Michael Reichardt says a dispute during a party held inside the school’s basketball arena led to one man pulling a gun out and shooting another…
cut 6 (09) “…shot in the leg”
Reichardt says the officer’s injury is non-life threatening, while the other shooting victim has serious injuries and is in a Shreveport hospital.

Officials now plan to use explosives tomorrow afternoon to take down two heavily damaged cranes at the collapsed Hard Rock Hotel construction site in New Orleans. New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell says the cranes are not stable…
Cut 4 (12) “…take this down.”
Officials hoped to use a controlled demolition today to bring down the damaged cranes, but it can’t be done today.

A University of Alabama student is out of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a 100-thousand dollar bond, but he still faces the charge of communicating of false information of planned bombing on school property. Connor Croll allegedly called in a bomb threat during last Saturday’s L-S-U-Florida game. Legal analyst Tim Meche says you can’t get away with that…
cut 11 (07) “…joking”
Croll reportedly made the threat, because his friend was about to lose a bet.

A Baton Rouge Senate race will not be a three-way run-off after a recount puts Representative Franklin Foil four votes ahead of Representative Steve Carter for second place. GOP donor Lane Grigsby reportedly floated the idea that Foil should drop out of the Senate race and Grigsby would help Foil get elected as a judge. It’s left a cloud over the proceedings…
Cut 13 (08) “…for you.”
That’s former Republican U-S Senate candidate Rob Maness who says he’s leaving the Republican Party over the controversy.