10:30 LRN Newscast

The attorney for LSU Heisman winning quarterback Jayden Daniels has sent a cease-and-desist letter to LSU that tells the school they are not allowed to use his name, image and likeness because he feels disrespected that the Tigers are allowing sophomore DJ Pickett wear the number five jersey. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says Kiffin said last week Pickett was promised he could wear number five while he was being recruited….

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Kiffin is scheduled to meet with reporters later this morning.

An Orleans Parish grand jury did not find enough evidence that a former law enforcement officer arrested in Florida was planning to conduct a mass shooting at Jazz Fest where he was targeting Black people.  45-year-old Christopher Gillum was released from custody and A-G Liz Murrill has dropped the charges against him.

 

 

A report by WWNO public radio says Congresswoman and U.S. Senate Republican candidate Julia Letlow may have benefited financially by purchasing Meta stock after learning about the company’s plans to build a massive data center in Richland Parish. Kace Kieschnick has the story.

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In a three to one vote, the Louisiana Public Service Commission said Meta does not have to disclose how many permanent jobs it will create and how much electricity it will need for its massive data center its building in Richland Parish. Opponents of the data center say this information should be public.