11:30 LRN Newscast

Just two more days before 11th ranked LSU and Clemson face off in Tiger Stadium to kick off the 2026 season. Are the Tigers locked in despite all the court room drama surrounding the fifth-year players that LSU is interested in adding to the roster? Linebacker Whit Weeks says it’s not a big deal at all for the players.

Cut 16 (11) “… day of work.”

The LSU-Clemson season opener is one of the most anticipated games in school history. Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette says the game is so huge, they ended up issuing more than 900 credentials – the most credentials they have ever issued for a single football game in school history.

Cut 3 (06) “…been a whirlwind.”

Bonnette says it’s not just the scores of media who will descend on Death Valley – plenty of celebrities will also be in attendance.

 

The state’s Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is this weekend. It begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday. Louisiana Department of Revenue spokesperson Byron Henderson on what type of items you can purchase and not pay state and local sales taxes…

Cut 11 (12) “…types of knives”

For more information go to revenue-dot-la-dot-gov-slash second amendment.

And if you use cash to purchase any item, you might get a one-dollar coin in cash back featuring the likeness of President Donald Trump. Paul Hollis the director of the US Mint, says rolls and bags of the Trump one-dollar coins are now for purchase through the U-S Mint…

Cut 9 (11) “….ten million examples”

Hollis says thousands of the coins have also been placed into circulation, meaning you could eventually come across one in your pocket change.