A Purple and Gold bus will leave Baton Rouge today as the leader of LSU will share the school’s mission and message around the state. Teiko Foxx reports…:
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The LSU Lady Tigers received a three-seed in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and will host Hawaii on Friday in the first round. The Ragin Cajuns are headed to Orlando to take on Tennessee in the men’s NCAA Tournament. And McNeese will introduce former LSU Coach Will Wade as its new head coach today.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will put 660-million dollars towards the construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The funding represents the final increment needed to fully fund the coastal restoration project. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Director Bren Haase says construction is expected to begin this summer to reconnect the Mississippi River to Louisiana’s Barataria Basin estuary…
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Construction is expected to take five years to complete.

March is Sleep Awareness month and we’re even more aware of our lacking slumber thanks to the time change. United Healthcare Louisiana chief medical officer Dr. Kevin Stephens says sleep is a learned behavior…
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