A former LSU football player – who played on the 2003 National Championship team – will be going to jail for 50 years on three counts of attempted second-degree murder for his involvement in a truck stop casino shooting in Port Allen. Thirty-two year old Demetri Robinson walked into the casino in September 2011, and when a cashier asked Robinson to leave, after he was banned earlier…
CUT 7 (12) “hit the manager”
That’s West Baton Rouge Parish Prosecutor Tony Clayton.

In Lake Charles tonight, there are three state crowns up for grabs in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s Top 28 girls basketball tournament. Tonight, it’s in Classes 3A, B and C. Tomorrow, there will be with four titles games — for 5A, 4A, 2A and 1A. All of the games will be played in the Burton Colesium this weekend.
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Louisiana will experience some moderating temperatures this weekend, and as those readings increase, so do the chances of rain for the state beginning on Sunday and lasting until perhaps thursday of next week…
CUT 4 (08) Q: ‘two to three inches’
That’s Andy Tingler, with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles.

Louisiana has lost a very good friend in agriculture broadcasting. Mike Danna, the long-time director of public relations for the Louisiana Farm Bureau, passed away just before 9 am this morning after a battle with cancer. Bureau spokesman Neil Melancon says Danna had a lot of passion for agriculture AND people…
CUT 14 (10) Q: “friends with”
Mike Danna was 54.