After 7 years at the helm of LSU, University President F. King Alexander is expected to be stepping down as it appears he will be taking on the role of President of Oregon State University.
The people of Athens, Ohio have been cheering on hometown hero Joe Burrow all throughout the LSU QB’s record-breaking season. Burrow frequented Gigi’s Country Kitchen during his high school quarterbacking days and owner Travis Brand says the community rallied around the QB during his years leading Athens High. Brand was at one of the games with his daughter who was a cheerleader…
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Law enforcement agencies are stepping up patrols through New Year’s Day with the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission executive director Lisa Freeman says of the 16 people killed on Louisiana roads during last year’s holiday season, 12 deaths were attributed to alcohol-related crashes.
Cut 4 (10) “…in alcohol-related crashes.”
Fifty-four years after the storm’s landfall on southeast Louisiana, Hurricane Betsy is upgraded to the Category 4 storm. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the reclassification comes as weather researchers are reanalyzing Atlantic hurricane seasons and are having a better interpretation of historic data.The latest report of the reanalysis of 1961 to 1965 also located more storms.
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Hurricane Betsy was blamed for about 75 deaths.
The Board of Regents and BESE sets a goal of ensuring that every high school freshman by 2025 will graduate with at least one college credit or job skill credential. Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed says the policy is another example of the state sending a clear signal to students that a high school diploma will not be enough in the future knowledge economy.