Meet the new boss – LSU introduces New Iberia native and longtime athletic administrator Verge Ausberry as its interim athletic director this morning. Ausberry says his main priority is to find the best football coach that LSU can hire. He’s forming a committee that includes members of the LSU Board of Supervisors and major donors to the athletic program.
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Today is Halloween – the night when neighborhoods everywhere will be invaded by little ghouls and goblins going door to door scavenging for fun-sized tooth-rotting treats. DPS Trooper Eddie Thomas says when those little monsters come home with those pumpkin-shaped buckets full of candy, fully inspect them and throw anything suspicious out, including anything homemade.
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DOTD is urging you to sign the “Buckle Up, Phone Down” pledge. The campaign encourages drivers and passengers to do just that – wear their seatbelts and put the phone down while driving. Rodney Mallett with DOTD says seat belt use reduces the risk of a fatal injury in a crash by more than 45-percent.
Congressman Steve Scalise will have a Democratic challenger in next year’s general election. Special education teacher Lauren Jewett is launching a campaign to unseat the nine-term incumbent.
Jewett acknowledges that it will not be easy to raise the money that Scalise brings in. In fact, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings, Jewett reported just over 73-hundred dollars in cash on hand, compared to Scalise’s five-million dollars.