Funeral arrangements are set for former Governor Kathleen Blanco who died from cancer at age 76. The public memorials and services will begin Thursday in Baton Rouge. An interfaith service will take place at 10 AM at St. Joseph Cathedral and then the former governor will lie in state at the state capitol that afternoon. Governor John Bel Edwards…
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A public visitation is set for Friday in Lafayette and the funeral will also take place in Lafayette on Saturday morning at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral.

LSU is ranked sixth in the A-P preseason poll. Tiger Rag Editor James Moran says five teams on LSU’s schedule are ranked in the Top 16, but the expectations are much higher this year, even though the schedule is as tough as last year…
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2016 was the last time LSU was ranked in the top 10 in the preseason AP poll.

Congressman Ralph Abraham says if he makes it to the governor’s mansion, he pledged not to raise taxes. Matt Doyle has more…
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Caddo Parish Sheriff deputies arrested a DeSoto Parish man for a rape that allegedly occurred in the mid-1990s. Detective Larry Pierce says a 34-year-old woman told investigators last month that she was forced to perform sex acts upon Glenn Miller Senior on multiple occasions over two decades ago. He says Detective Chris Ardoin found enough evidence to charge Miller with two counts of First Degree Rape
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Miller is being held on a 500-thousand dollar bond.