The deadline for LSU football season ticket holders to purchase tickets for Saturday’s game against South Carolina in Tiger Stadium is 5PM today. LSU Athletics Director Joe Alleva says they will attempt to make South Carolina feel at home, but they are NOT painting the field in Gamecock colors…

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Tickets for the general public will go on sale at 6PM.

The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is sending personnel to South Carolina to help officials there with damage assessment due to the devastating floods impacting the state. Director Kevin Davis says damage assessment can be exhausting work and our friends in South Carolina definitely need support…

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He says GOHSEP stands ready to help in other states when needed.

Now that the LSU-South Carolina game has officially been moved to Baton Rouge, a little more tourism is heading to the Capital City. President of Visit Baton Rouge Paul Arrigo says although Baton Rouge is hosting several events this weekend, the city is able to handle an unexpected increase in visitors…

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The game is slated for a 2:30 kickoff.

U-L Lafayette industrial design graduate student Kate Brown decided to take an alternative route for her senior thesis project. Brown entered the Innovations in Life Jacket Design Competition where she designed a comfortable and form fitting life preserver, made especially for women. She says growing up on the water in Basile, she found regular life jackets didn’t let her move comfortably…

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Brown says her life jacket is specially designed to fit a more feminine body form.