Will Wade is back as LSU basketball’s head coach after the formerly suspended 36-year-old met with NCAA and LSU officials Friday to discuss allegations of recruiting violations. Athletics director Joe Alleva says Wade answered all questions and denied any wrongdoing, and says his explanations, absent actual evidence of misconduct, satisfy his contractual obligation to LSU. Tiger Rag Assistant editor Tyler Nunez says LSU’s compliance department could not find any wrongdoing.
Cut 4 (09) “…get him back”
five players from Wade’s SEC winning team will likely be gone next year after declaring for the NBA draft.
The man accused of burning down three historically black churches in St. Landry parish has had his bond request denied, and is now facing three additional hate crime charges. According to a Daily Beast report on his Facebook activity, 21-year-old Holden Matthews expressed interest in a Scandinavian neo-nazi metal musician who was convicted in the 90s for church burnings and a murder.
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Former Louisiana Congressman John Fleming is a month into his new job as the assistant secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. Fleming says because the U-S EDA serves areas impacted by disasters, as well as economically distressed communities, he can serve the Bayou State…
Cut 7 (12) “…help Louisiana.”
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries’ service has listed the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s (BROO-dus) whale as endangered. NOAA estimates there are less than 100 Bryde’s whales in the Gulf but Marine Mammal Biologist Laura Engleby says the whales live in a restricted area of the gulf and the many human threats make it hard for the whale population to thrive…
Cut 12 (08) “…things like that.”
Now that the listing has been announced, they plan on developing a recovery plan for the whales.