This afternoon’s hearing in the SEC’s lawsuit against LSU has been postponed. This, after LSU filled its final two available football roster spots last night, seemingly ending its recruitment of two players who spent time in NFL training camps. Attorney Tony Clayton represents Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris and says it was them and not LSU who sued the NCAA and the SEC.

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The Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy is launching a massive effort to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas well sites. Spokesman Patrick Courreges (KOO-rezh) says the department will use 30-million dollars in federal funding to clean up the sites in north Louisiana.

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The department will use state funding to clean up orphaned well sites in south Louisiana.

There’s a lot of purple and gold in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2027. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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Water issues are plaguing the City of Natchitoches – so much so that they have forced Northwestern State to close early for the day. Students are being asked to monitor the school’s social media channels for information on possible reopening.

This afternoon’s hearing in the SEC’s lawsuit against LSU has been postponed. The hearing was to have taken place in Birmingham; no new date has been scheduled. SEC presidents and chancellors are scheduled to vote tomorrow on whether to kick LSU out of the conference.

LSU, meanwhile, finalized its football roster last night without former NFL signees Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris. Kace Kieschnick reports.

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The Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy is granted 30-million dollars from the federal government to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas well sites in North Louisiana. Spokesman Patrick Courreges (KOO-rezh) says the Monroe and Shreveport districts contain more than 42-hundred of the state’s roughly 64-hundred orphaned wells.

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The department will use state money to clean up orphaned well sites in South Louisiana.

Former LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson is among the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2027. In 2010, Peterson won the Bednarik Award as the nation’s top defender and the Thorpe Award as the top defensive back, becoming the first LSU player to win those two prestigious awards. Chairman Doug Ireland says Peterson played 13 seasons in the NFL and made the Pro Bowl in each of his first eight seasons.

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Even though LSU has finalized its roster without Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, the SEC is moving forward with its lawsuit against the school. The suit claims that coach Lane Kiffin was involved in coordinating and encouraging the athletes’ lawsuit against the NCAA, but Attorney Tony Clayton says his clients made their own decisions, and he has never even met Kiffin.

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SEC presidents and chancellors are also scheduled to vote tomorrow on whether to kick LSU out of the conference over its efforts to roster the former NFL training camp participants. It would take a two-thirds majority for that to happen, and Senator John Kennedy says in the unlikely event that that happens, the federal government will come down hard on the SEC.

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The Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy secures 30-million dollars to help with a massive effort to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas well sites throughout North Louisiana. Spokesman Patrick Courreges (KOO-rezh) says it’s important to get these orphaned well sites plugged and cleaned so that they don’t cause any problems down the road.

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Two of LSU’s best football players during this century, running back Leonard Fournette and cornerback Patrick Peterson, highlight the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2027. Chairman Doug Ireland says Fournette earned All-American honors as a sophomore at LSU, rushing for nearly two-thousand yards, which is a school record.

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There’s a hearing in Birmingham today regarding the SEC’s lawsuit against LSU. The league claims that there is a lack of institutional control at LSU over Lane Kiffin and his football program because Kiffin has allegedly been behind the effort to add players to LSU’s roster that were on NFL rosters during training camp. Attorney Tony Clayton asks where is the evidence???

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LSU is not adding Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, the two players with NFL ties, to its roster, a sign that LSU is complying with SEC rules.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says 50 auto insurance companies have filed rate decreases and it’s resulted in a total savings for policyholders of 400-million dollars…

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New data shows that Louisiana has made significant progress in reducing opioid-related deaths and emergency department visits from 2022 to 2025. Louisiana Deputy Health Secretary Doctor Pete Croughan says this is fantastic news considering Louisiana was one of the nation’s leaders in opioid-related deaths in 2022

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The Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy selects Lafayette-based Lemoine Disaster Recovery and Houston-based Garner Environmental Services to lead the first phase of a massive effort to plug and clean up orphaned oil and gas well sites. Spokesman Patrick Courreges (KOO-rezh) says the department will use 30-million dollars in federal funding to clean up the sites in north Louisiana

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Courreges says it’s important to get these orphaned well sites plugged and cleaned so that they don’t cause any environmental problems down the road.

LSU filled its final two available roster spots last night, seemingly ending its recruitment of players who spent time in NFL training camps. The SEC, though, is moving forward with its federal lawsuit against the school, with a hearing in Birmingham scheduled this afternoon. Attorney Tony Clayton represents the athletes and says it was his clients who sued the NCAA and SEC, not LSU.

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While Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says Louisiana’s still in an insurance crisis, there are some positive signs…as many companies have lowered premiums for Louisiana customers, which is why he is urging policyholders to shop around when it’s time to renew.

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Louisiana is showing signs of winning the fight on reducing opioid related deaths. New numbers released show opioid-related deaths fell 59-percent from 2022 to 2025, outpacing the national decline. Louisiana Deputy Health Secretary Doctor Pete Croughan says one opioid-related death is too many, so there’s still work to do…

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Croughan says the rate of opioid prescriptions per 100 Louisiana residents, a 10-percent decrease.

The tropics have not produced a hurricane this year and the record for the latest in a year without a hurricane is September 11th, accomplished in 2002 and 2013; and with no tropical cyclone activity expected in the Atlantic in the next seven days, we will certainly break that record. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says there have been years with no recorded hurricanes at all, but those deserve asterisks.

LSU has made the decision not to add tight end Dae’Quan Wright or defensive tackle Zxavain Harris to its roster. Both players were on NFL rosters last month. This decision is likely in reaction to the SEC’s threat of kicking LSU out of its conference for playing players who have NFL ties, which U-S Senator John Kennedy says would be ridiculous…

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The SEC’s lawsuit against LSU is still valid; in fact there is a hearing on that case this afternoon in federal court in Birmingham.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says 50 auto insurance companies have filed rate decreases and it’s resulted in a total savings for policyholders of 400-million dollars…

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Louisiana is making great strides in getting the upper hand on opioid-related deaths. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Louisiana’s SpaceX facility has posted its first job opening. The posting says the company is looking for a government affairs manager that will lead external affairs for SpaceX at its new launch site at Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish. SpaceX announced last month it’s investing 100 billion dollars to build a rocket launching facility that will employ three-thousand workers.

A federal court in Alabama will hold a hearing this afternoon in the SEC’s lawsuit filed to stop LSU from adding players who were on NFL rosters during training camp. Attorney General Liz Murrill, who’s also named as a defendant in the case, says the NCAA’s exclusion of class of 2022 athletes in its five-year eligibility model was unfair, and that is why judges are siding with former college athletes.

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Meanwhile the two spots LSU had left open on its roster for the players in question Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, have now been filled.  LSU announced last night  that Aidan Anding and Gabriel Reliford have were added, finalizing the roster. Anding and Reliford are injured and not expected to play this season.

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It appears forecasters were spot on in predicting a below average hurricane season. Kace Kieschnick reports.

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While Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says Louisiana’s still in an insurance crisis, there are some positive signs…as many companies have lowered premiums for Louisiana customers, which is why he is urging policyholders to shop around when it’s time to renew.

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Louisiana drivers are paying 400-million dollars less for private passenger auto insurance. Here’s Jeff Palermo.

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The two spots on LSU’s roster that had been left open for Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris have now been filled. With the threat of expulsion from the SEC, LSU added Aidan Anding and Gabriel Reliford instead, which finalizes the team’s roster. LSU is still set to appear in an Alabama Federal courtroom at one this afternoon over the SEC lawsuit.
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Opioid deaths are down 59 percent in Louisiana since 2022.  That’s compared to a nationwide decline of 46 percent.  Louisiana Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Pete Croughan (CROW-ghin)…

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When forecasters said this hurricane season would be quieter than normal, they weren’t kidding! LSU Health Secretary Barry Keim says we’re coming up on the middle of September, and we haven’t had one Atlantic hurricane yet – only tropical storms.

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