IN TODAY'S SENTINEL -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2009 posted Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 @ 2:24 pm  E-mail Story |  Print Story  THOMPSON TO FIGHT PROPOSED AG CUTS Funding for the LSU AgCenter and the state Department of Agriculture will not face steep cuts to their budgets if state Sen. Francis Thompson has his way. "The largest industry in the state is still agriculture. We don't need to cut off our hand if that's the one that's doing the work." BRUSHES WITH CONCORDIA SHERIFF'S DEPUTY FRANK DELAUGHTER IN 1960S Forty-five years ago Gene McClain of Vidalia, then 19 and living in Ferriday, witnessed a scene so disturbing involving then-Concordia Parish Sheriff's Deputy Frank DeLaughter that it left McClain shaken for days. McClain is not the only person speaking out this week. SIMPSON CONVICTED IN FEMA TRAILER THEFT James L. Simpson Jr., 49, of Jonesville, was convicted by a federal jury Friday of receiving a stolen FEMA trailer, United States Attorney Donald W. Washington announced. AARON'S GROUND WORK BEGINS IN VIDALIA Ground work has begun in Vidalia for a new Aaron's Inc. franchise in front of Murphy's USA by Wal-Mart.