The University of Florida’s latest announcement about the LSU game this weekend is that a final decision on the start time of the contest in Gainsville on Saturday will be made by 2pm as they continue to monitor Hurricane Matthew. The most current forecast keeps Matthew as a Category 4 hurricane at its closest approach to Gainesville.

Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni, under fire after the public learned the FBI is investigating alleged sexually explicit messages sent to a teenage boy, says he has been deployed with his military unit through October 15 to help with the Hurricane Matthew response on the east coast. Prior to this announcement, Yenni was expected address the allegations involving a 17-year-old boy.

The Shreveport Police Department says one of its communications officers has been arrested following a domestic situation with his girlfriend. They say cops responded to a residence where a female advised that 23-year-old Fredrick Freeman had assaulted her. He was arrested on one count of domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and placed on leave.

It’s officially sugar cane grinding season in Louisiana and the harvest is expected to be better than last year. General Manager of the American Sugar Cane League in Thibodaux Jim Simon (see-moan) says it’s still early in the season but there are indications that the sugar content of the cane is very good. He says the mild winter last year really helped the crop get off to a good start…:
CUT 6 (10) “continue growing”
Sugar cane is a 3 billion dollar industry in Louisiana.