The LSU Board of Supervisors is in executive session, deliberating between the three finalists for the next president of the university system. McNeese President Wade Rousse is viewed as the favorite to land the job; he says he’d like to see a separate person appointed as president of the flagship Baton Rouge campus, whereas currently, the president of the Baton Rouge campus oversees the entire system.
Cut 10 (07) “…the outlining campuses.”
Food Banks throughout Louisiana are feeling the burden of the federal government shutdown. Pat Van Burkleo, the executive director of Feeding Louisiana, says food banks already came under financial hardship earlier this year, with the change in presidential administrations.
Van Burkleo says the best way you can help is by donating cash.
Genetic testing from SeaD (“seed”) consulting has shown that for the second year in a row, all shrimp served at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival in New Orleans was wild-caught Gulf shrimp. David Williams founded the company a year ago and began using what’s called the RIGHTTest to determine the species of the shrimp – specifically whether it’s Pacific white shrimp, which is not native to U.S. waters. Williams says through his efforts, several restaurants which had been serving imported shrimp have changed to domestic shrimp.
Pelicans’ coach Willie Green is officially on the hot seat after the team’s 0-and-6 start to the season, with half of those losses by lopsided scores. Green says he takes responsibility for the poor start.