For the first time since 2012, LSU will have a Chancellor who is not the System President. The LSU Board of Supervisors appointed Wad Rousse as president and one of the other three finalists, Alabama provost James Dalton has been named chancellor of the flagship campus. Dalton will also oversee the AgCenter, two health science centers and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Rousse says there is a lot that needs to be done, especially with UNO returning to the LSU System.
The Slidell Police Department’s Citizen Award goes to preschool teacher Lesli Smith for helping officers catch a suspected shoplifter. Police Chief Daniel Seuzenau says Smith saw the suspect fleeing and offered a ride to Sergeant Jeff Kahrs who accepted and coached her during the police chase while telling other patrol units where the suspects were headed. The suspects were eventually caught.
Last week, the former Tigers linebacker and longtime athletics administrator Verge Ausberry was named the interim A-D and LSU’s new leadership wants him to have the job going forward. Ausberry says he has already hit the ground running. About hiring a new football coach, he told Tiger Rag Radio that they will let the process work itself out, meaning it is not necessary to have a coach in place before the December early signing period for high school recruits or the January transfer portal window. He says until a new coach is in place, interim Frank Wilson has full control over the program.