10:30 LRN Newscast

A reunion between LSU and men’s basketball coach Will Wade seems imminent as McNeese announces athletics director Heath Schroyer has accepted a job at LSU as Senior Deputy AD. Jim Gazzolo covers McNeese athletics for the American Press and says Wade would not leave North Carolina State for LSU if Schroyer is not at LSU…

Cut 3 (10) “…trust”

Schroyer hired Wade as McNeese’s head coach in 2023, a year after he was fired at LSU for committing NCAA recruiting violations.

One of Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s election integrity bills advances to the next step. House Bill 691, which provides for the investigation of non-citizens found to be on the state’s voter rolls, advances out of House Governmental Affairs on a party-line vote and moves to the full House. Landry says a recent check of the state’s voter rolls through a federal database found hundreds of ineligible voters.

Cut 10 (13) “…many for me.”

Democrats oppose the bill as they look at this as a very small problem and legislation is an effort to deny people the right to vote.

 

New research from LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center finds that exercise along with blood pressure medication is not enough to halt cognitive decline in people at risk of Azheimer’s…

Cut 8 (14) “….theraphy and socializiation”

That’s Doctor Jeffrey Keller, with the LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

We now know what’s in the 20-year Master Plan for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.  Walt Leger, the president of New Orleans and Company, says it includes, a second terminal facility, additional gates, an additional parking garage, and improvement to the roadway system. He says it’s important that they tackle the expansion now.

Cut 5 (10) “…of the trends.”