The University of Louisiana System has set a goal to graduate 150-thousands students by 2025. U-L System President Jim Henderson says it’s time Louisiana started to invest more in its students. He says we need to focus more on the outcomes of investments, rather than what it costs on the front end…:
Cut 6 (11) “the cost”
He says if the goal is reached, these students will be the most educated generation in Louisiana history.

Iberville Parish leaders will discuss a proposed law on October 17th that would prevent an individual from damaging or defacing the nation’s or the state’s flag. Councilman Matthew Jewell says strong penalties would come along with the ordinance..:
Cut 8 (04) “in jail”
He doesn’t expect there will be any push back to this proposal.

Former L-S-U and N-F-L star Y.A.Tittle has passed away at the age of 90. In a 2008 interview with Jim Engster, Tittle tells of a time when players wore regular belts and after a player tried to tackle him in a game, almost losing his pants and then losing the chance to play in the Sugar Bowl…:
Cut 12 (12) “his pants”
Late in his professional career, he played for the New York Giants, leading them to Eastern Conference titles in 1961, 62 and 63, and throwing 86 touchdown passes.

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Tullier, who was shot last July during a police ambush, was transferred from a Houston rehabilitation hospital to The Transitional Learning Center in Galveston, Texas. The move to the new facility marks a major step in Nick’s recovery.