The LHSAA comes down hard on a pair of football teams involved in a postgame brawl last Friday night. After Assumption’s 16-6 home victory over Carroll, some Carroll players got into a confrontation with some Assumption fans. Aaron Dietrich, the sports director at KNOE-TV in Monroe, says as a result, Carroll’s season is over, and Assumption will play the remainder of its schedule on the road.
Cut 9 (14) “…games this year.”
It’s going to be a wet weekend throughout Louisiana. National Weather Service Meteorologist Danielle Manning says locally heavy rain and flash flooding is possible for a good portion of the state on Saturday, and that threat continues for southeast Louisiana on Sunday. She says some areas could receive a half foot of rain.
Two Louisiana Tech students have been arrested for using a racial slur repeatedly in a social media video that went viral. Joe Gallinaro has the story.
Cut 1 (23) “…I’m Joe Gallinaro.”
If you have lots of outdoor lighting on your property, you’re asked to turn them down or off at night for the time being. That’s because this is fall migration season for birds. Charles Williams, a board member of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and the founder of Lights Out Louisiana, says bright lights are very bad for birds flying at night.
Cut 6 (09) “…lot of lighting.”
And that could cause birds to fly directly into buildings.