LSU is in the college football playoff for the first time ever. The Tigers are the number one seed and they’ll play Oklahoma in a national semifinal game in The Peach Bowl on December 28. LSU Coach Ed Orgeron says it was team effort to make it this far, but he can’t say enough about QB Joe Burrow…
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The Number One seed team has yet to win the CFP in five years.
St Landry deputies are investigating the body of a young black man; found Saturday afternoon in a roadside ditch near Opelousas. A female motorist noticed something amiss in the ditch and alerted authorities. As yet, the person has not been identified.
Members of the LSU Board of Supervisors express concern that a new ACT policy allowing students to retake specific sections of the test is economically discriminatory. Board member Remy Starns says 15 percent of students take the test four or more times already, and he feels allowing test takers to focus in on just one section when for a specific test day creates an unlevel playing field…
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The company that distributes the ACT says their studies show allowing multiple retakes does not advantage kids from higher-income families.
State Troopers patrolling New Orleans’ French Quarter found themselves confronting a man armed with a long sword. Called to a disturbance on Royal Street, the troopers encountered 42-yr-old Travis Fisher, who was waiving the sword around. They disarmed him without hurting him or themselves and took him jail; charged with aggravated asault.