Hurricane Zeta did a lot of damage to citrus crops and nurseries in southeast Louisiana, the most hurricane damage suffered in the area since Katrina in 2005.
LSU Ag Center Horticultural Agent Joe Willis says growers lost 75 to 90 percent of the fruit in impacted areas.
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As we honor veterans this veteran’s day, the Louisiana Department of Veterans’ Affairs says COVID has presented challenges to several observations in 2020. Veterans Secretary Colonel Joey Strickland says ceremonies that are normally held at VA homes are closed to the public this year.
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A COVID outbreak on the LSU football team has led to the postponement and possible cancellation of this weekend’s contest in Tiger Stadium against Alabama. Matt Doyle has the story.
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This Saturday’s LSU-Alabama game has been postponed, because of a coronavirus outbreak with the Fighting Tigers football team. It remains to be seen if the game can still be played this season, but it will take the shuffling around of other games, since the Tigers do not have another by off week before the SEC Championship game on December 19th.

And there’s the situation with freshman LSU wide receiver Koy Moore, who claims officers harassed him on Saturday night as they suspected he was in possession of a gun and drugs. Three Baton Rouge Police Officers have been placed on administrative leave. Athletics Director Scott Woodward called it a troubling encounter, while Coach Ed Orgeron says…
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The B-R-P-D internal affairs office is leading the investigation.

The LSU-Alabama game is not the only SEC contest postponed for this weekend. Texas A-and-M versus Tennessee will not be played because of a COVID-outbreaking involving the Aggies football team. On Monday, it was announced Saturday’s Mississippi State-Auburn game has been tentatively moved to December 12th.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the NFL owners have approved a proposal to add two playoff teams, one in each conference, in case regular-season games get canceled. That means there will be eight playoff teams in each conference and the top seed would not get a bye.

The NBA and its players’ association have agreed to begin a shortened 72-game regular season on December 22nd. The NBA Draft is set for Wednesday, November 18th and then free agency would begin on November 20th. The salary cap and luxury tax remain unchanged from last season.

This weekend’s LSU-Bama game has been called off due to a COVID outbreak on the LSU team reportedly linked to a Halloween party. LSU no longer has enough scholarship players on the roster to compete. A reschedule could be tough given the Tigers already had to put off their game against Florida earlier this season.

Deployment ceremonies for the 256^th Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard began today as they depart for a yearlong mission.

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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, head of the Republican Attorneys General Association, asks the US Supreme Court to hear a case challenging the legality of many Pennsylvania mail-in ballots. Before the November 3^rd election the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots that arrived after polls closed could be counted. Landry says those votes shouldn’t count.

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Under the ruling, a vote could be counted as long as the mail-in ballot was postmarked by Election Day.

Baton Rouge Police Internal Affairs are leading an investigation into claims by LSU freshman wide receiver Koy Moore that he was harassed and violated by cops who accused him of having drugs and a gun. Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul says the officers face additional training and potential punishment if it’s found they treated Moore unfairly…

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Saturday’s LSU-Alabama game has been postponed, after a COVID-19 outbreak among the Bayou Bengals football team. It remains to be seen if the game can still be played this season since the Tigers do not have another off week before the SEC Championship game on December 19th.

The Republican Attorneys General Association, headed by Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, asks the US Supreme Court to declare many Pennsylvania mail-in ballots illegal. Matt Doyle has the story.

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The state health department reported 13-hundred new coronavirus cases today bringing the state’s total to nearly 190 thousand. Governor John Bel Edwards says we’ll eventually get past the pandemic and Pfizer’s announcement of a 90-percent effective rate of their vaccine is good news. But the governor says it will be sometime before we see results…

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Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul is confident they’ll find out what exactly happened on Saturday night when three of his officers had an encounter with freshman LSU wide receiver Koy Moore. Moore says he was harassed and violated by the cops. Paul says the law enforcement bill of rights gives the three officers, who have been placed on leave, 30 days to hire an attorney…

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LSU and Bama will not play in Baton Rouge Saturday as previously planned due to a COVID outbreak on the LSU team reportedly linked to a Halloween party. Due to a combination of positive tests and mandatory quarantines, LSU will not have the minimum number of scholarship players on the roster necessary to compete in SEC play. The hope is to reschedule to game into later this year, but LSU is already having to play one COVID rescheduled game later in the season, that one against Florida.

Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul is confident they’ll find out what exactly happened on Saturday night when three of his officers had an encounter with freshman LSU wide receiver Koy Moore. Moore says he was harassed and violated by the cops who assumed he had a gun and drugs. Paul says their internal affairs investigators are leading the probe

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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading the national Republican AG’s association effort to get the US Supreme Court to invalidate ballots received in Pennsylvania after 8 PM on Election Night, citing Pennsylvania state law. Landry says this challenge is about preserving election integrity.

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The state Supreme Court ruled that any ballot post marked as of Election Day would be valid.

One of several deployment ceremonies for the 256^th Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard was held in Lafayette this morning. In total, about 2,000 soldiers are involved in the yearlong Middle East mission in support of U.S. Central Command. General Keith Waddell of the Louisiana National guard reminded servicemen of their mission.

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The Republican Attorneys General Association, headed by Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, calls on the US Supreme Court to rule that ballots received after 8 PM in the battleground state of Pennsylvania should be thrown out and considered illegal ballots. Landry says the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to allow those ballots is like allowing referees to change the rules of a football game at halftime.

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Democrats argue the challenge is a partisan attempt to overturn election results that show an unambiguous win for President-Elect Biden.

The state health department reported 13-hundred new coronavirus cases today, a big jump in cases. Governor Edwards asks everyone to redouble their mitigation efforts so we don’t go down the path most of the country is on right now…

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Deployment ceremonies for the 256^th Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard began today as they depart for a yearlong mission.

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The formation of subtropical storm Theta makes that 29 named storms for the year, a new record. Theta is headed to Portugal. The very eastern edge of southeast Louisiana is now in the cone of uncertainty to tropical storm Eta, but the system is still widely expected to make landfall somewhere in Florida.

The state health department reported 13-hundred new coronavirus cases today bringing the state’s total to nearly 190-thousand. Governor John Bel Edwards says the number of COVID patients hospitalized also increased by 32 and the positivity rate on tests is also going up…

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The total number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital is 684 and that’s up from 596 on November first.

One of several deployment ceremonies for the 256^th Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard was held in Lafayette today. Approximately 2,000 soldiers are involved in the yearlong Middle East mission in the fight against ISIS. General Keith Waddell of the Louisiana National Guard says guardsmen have been extremely busy this year, assisting with pandemic response and hurricane recovery.

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The Republican Attorneys General Association, headed by Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, asks the US Supreme Court to declare many Pennsylvania mail-in ballots illegal. Matt Doyle has the story.

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In St Mary Parish the family of a 15-year-old boy Quawan Charles who was found dead near Loreauville in a sugarcane field wants answers to the cause of the teen’s death. The family says they were told Charles drowned and now they’re working for an independent autopsy. The family reported Charles missing on Friday, Oct. 30 in Baldwin. His body was found on November 3^rd by a law enforcement drone.

Baton Rouge Police Internal Affairs are leading an investigation into claims by LSU freshman wide receiver Koy Moore that he was harassed and violated by cops who accused him of having drugs and a gun. Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul says the officers face additional training and potential punishment if it’s found they treated Moore unfairly…

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The three officers involved are on paid leave.

One of several deployment ceremonies for the 256^th Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard was held in Lafayette this morning. In total, about 2,000 soldiers are involved in the yearlong Middle East mission in support of U.S. Central Command. General Keith Waddell of the Louisiana National guard addressed members of the 141^st Field Artillery Regiment.

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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, head of the Republican Attorneys General Association, asks the US Supreme Court to hear a case challenging the legality of many Pennsylvania mail-in ballots. Before the November 3^rd election the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots that arrived after polls closed could be counted. Landry says those votes shouldn’t count.

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Under the ruling, a vote could be counted as long as the mail-in ballot was postmarked by Election Day. President-Elect Joe Biden is currently winning the state by 45,000 votes.

The 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Louisiana National Guard is shipping out this week for a nearly year-long deployment to the Middle East. About 2,000 soldiers are involved in the mission. Col. Scott says because of the pandemic the departure ceremonies will be closed to soldiers only. Friends and family are encouraged to either watch online or…

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Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul is confident they’ll find out what exactly happened on Saturday night when three of his officers had an encounter with freshman LSU wide receiver Koy Moore. Moore says he was harassed and violated by the cops. Paul says the law enforcement bill of rights gives the three officers, who have been placed on leave, 30 days to hire an attorney…

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A “furious” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell blasts organizer of a Christian concert held in the French Quarter, involving one of Lafayette’s favorite daughters…

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Grammy-award winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and his business partner, Ronald Markham pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in their corruption case in which they allegedly transferred more than $1 million in public library donations to their jazz orchestra. Today’s arraignment came after numerous delays in the criminal trial and several more due to the pandemic closure of courts. Both were indicted December of 2017.

Extreme southeast Louisiana is in the cone of uncertainty for Tropical Storm Eta which is meandering off the coast of western Cuba, State Climatologist Barry Keim
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Keim says Eta will drift north over the week and the National Hurricane Center forecast has the storm making landfall in the Florida panhandle this weekend as a depression.

Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul is confident they’ll find out what exactly happened on Saturday night when three of his officers had an encounter with freshman LSU wide receiver Koy Moore. Moore says he was harassed and violated by the cops who assumed he had a gun and drugs. Paul says their internal affairs investigators are leading the probe.

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The 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Louisiana National Guard is shipping out this week for a nearly year-long deployment to the Middle East. About 2,000 soldiers are involved in the mission. Col. Scott Desormeaux says the mission will be the continued fight against ISIS as well as the transfer of obligations for the fight against ISIS in Iraq.

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It’s their third overseas deployment since 9/11.

23-year-old Holden Matthews was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison on state charges for the arson of three historically black churches in St. Landry Parish in 2019. He was already sentenced to 25 years on federal charges. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says a silver lining of the crime was how the community united and…

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