Get ready for a wet start to the week next week. National Weather Service Meteorologist Carly Kovacik (ko-VAH-chick) says a front will be moving into the state starting Sunday.
Cut 12 (08) “…also pushing south.”
And that’s going to bring about one to two inches of rainfall, possibly more in some areas.
The Gulf of Mexico is seeing an increase in its shark population. Dr. Dean Grubbs, the associate director of research at the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, says while shark populations are in bad shape in most of the world, it’s a different story in the U.S., with the country having managed shark populations since 1993.
Cut 4 (11) “…the populations recovering.”
Cash-strapped New Orleans has withdrawn its 110-million-dollar bond and loan request from the State Bond Commission. Mayor Helena Moreno says the city pulled the application because it would have been denied amid the ongoing political dispute. Tulane political science professor Mike Sherman says the relationship between New Orleans and the Landry administration is not good.
The MLB Draft is this weekend, and a few Tigers will definitely hear their names called. Koki Riley covers LSU baseball for The Advocate and says this year’s LSU group is not as deep as in past years.
Outfielders Derek Curiel and Jake Brown are projected to go in the first and second rounds.