Baton Rouge Police are investigating the Monday night death of a 20-month-old boy from fentanyl in his system. Officials report little Jahrei Paul was rushed to a hospital, but didn’t survive. A blood test revealed fentanyl in his system. The circumstances under which the baby ingested the drug are under investigation.

The Powerball jackpot has grown to a record-high $1.6-billion for Saturday night’s drawing. A single winner selecting to take a lump-sum payment would collect about $782-million. Louisiana Lottery spokesman Dustin Annison says that kind of money is perhaps worth risking a few dollars on tickets. He says take comfort in knowing that money goes to worthy use…:

CUT 05(11)      “…education.”

Louisiana joined Powerball back in 1995. Since then we have had 17 jackpot winners; the last one in 2018.

The Louisiana State Police has graduated its first accelerated cadet class, which includes only former law enforcement officers. Sgt. Monroe Dillon says it’s a big day for State Police…:

CUT 06(08)      “…be awesome.”

Dillon says this class of 23 will bring LSP up to approximately 950 troopers. Each regional troop will get 2 or 3 new troopers. Another 65-cadet academy will begin in early 2023.

Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour Saturday night as Central Daylight Time ends. And while it takes a few days to adjust to the time change Dr. Michelle Moore, Chief of Psychology at LSU Health New Orleans, says gaining daylight in the morning is usually a good thing…:

CUT 09(07)      “…during the morning.”

Rains moving through Louisiana should be ending in time for the LSU-Bama game in Tiger Stadium. However tailgating could be a soggy situation. Bring a poncho.