Runners from all over the world are in Baton Rouge this weekend for the Louisiana Marathon. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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LSU is putting the finishing touches on its transfer portal class. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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A record-breaking field will take to the streets of Baton Rouge for the 15th annual Louisiana Marathon. Marketing Director Mike Wattigny (WATT-nee) says more than nine-thousand runners from all over the world will be competing, with more than 60-percent coming from outside Louisiana.
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Wattigny says aside from the marathon and half-marathon which will take place Sunday, there will be other events Saturday.
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Wattigny says those who are walkers are welcomed with open arms in the Saturday events, saying it fulfills one of the event’s main purposes.
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The Louisiana Marathon is expected to yield an economic impact of at least five-million dollars to the Baton Rouge area.
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The LSU women’s basketball team started off 0-and-2 in conference play, but the Lady Tigers are back to .500 in the SEC after a big win against number-two Texas. ESPN Women’s College Basketball Bracketologist Charlie Crème says the win against Texas shows that LSU is trending in the right direction.
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In Crème’s latest bracketology update, LSU came in as a number two seed. Crème says that even though their nonconference schedule wasn’t strong, the Tigers have shown plenty of potential to be a top team.
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LSU travels to Norman to face number-13 Oklahoma on Sunday at 2 p.m. Crème anticipates the matchup between the top two scoring offenses in the nation to be high-scoring.
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In last year’s matchup in the PMAC, Oklahoma and LSU combined to score 207 points.
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On Thursday, forecasters had said there was the possibility of a very light snowfall for south Louisiana Saturday night into Sunday morning. But State Climatologist Jay Grymes says the chance of winter precipitation has declined as we get closer to the weekend.
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Grymes says we’re still anticipating a strong cold front that will result in a cold weekend.
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Grymes says we could see two, possibly three, light freezes early next week. But he says we are not looking at pipe busting cold.
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Governor Jeff Landry, who’s working with President Trump on taking control of Greenland, is in Washington, D-C, as tensions are building over Trump’s desired acquisition. During an appearance on Fox News, Landry said the East Coast of the U.S. should be concerned with China’s involvement with the arctic nation as he says the Chinese have an impressive fleet of ice breaker vessels.
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The President says the United States needs Greenland for national security. Landry says there’s a concern about Russia taking over Greenland.
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Greenland is controlled by Denmark, and both Greenland and Denmark have repeatedly said the island is not for sale and reject the idea of a U.S. take over.
Kaitlyn Joshua, a community activist in Louisiana, was on WRKF’s Talk Louisiana and says this whole idea is foolish.
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Most public opinion polls in both the U.S. and Greenland oppose the Trump Administration’s efforts in acquiring Greenland. The President says the acquisition is necessary for national security and the arctic island has rare-earth metals. Joshua wishes the President made a stronger case.
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