6:30 AM LRN Newscast

Louisiana’s top-ranked women’s basketball prospect and 2-time Louisiana Gatorade Player of the year, Caroline Bradley will be wearing purple and gold. And appropriately, the nation’s number one ranked center from Oak Grove made her LSU commitment announcement at a crawfish boil. The 6’5” Louisiana native had her pick of top programs but said…

Cut 21 (05) “…excited to do.”

Bradley averaged 27 points, 17 rebounds and three blocked shots per game for Oak Grove in her senior season.

UL Lafayette baseball coach Matt Deggs has been suspended for two games after he confronted the James Madison dugout during Saturday’s 5–1 loss. The incident was sparked when Cajuns outfielder Maddox Mandino lowered his shoulder while running to first base after hitting a tapper in the infield. Following the play, Deggs says he heard a James Madison player direct a disrespectful comment toward him, and he decided to let the Dukes dugout know he was not having any of it.

Cut 7 (09) “…of our dugout.”

Deggs’ suspension will begin tomorrow, when the Cajuns take on Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond.

DEI policies have become a big issue in the Senate Republican primary. Andre Champagne has the story.

Cut 2 (34) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”

The Data Center in New Orleans, says job growth in Louisiana since 2015 has increased by less than one percent, well below the U.S. average of 11.5-percent. Dr. Alex Kolker helped put the report together and says Louisiana’s economy has not been the same since the oil price crash of 2014.

Cut 4 (09) “…oil price crash.”