On a night when LSU was celebrating 100 years of Tiger Stadium, LSU won in overtime on Saturday night over Ole Miss….
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ULM and the Ragin Cajuns also won on Saturday. Southeastern Louisiana improved to 2-and-0 in the Southland, but the Saints were outscored 27 to 0 in the second half and lost to Tampa Bay 51 to 27. New Orleans has lost four straight and will welcome Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos to the Dome on Thursday night.
For the third year in a row, loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings have been found on Louisiana’s Chandeleur Islands. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Project Manager Todd Baker says a total of 60 hatchlings emerged from two nests in 2024.
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Baker says this discovery is part of a 300-million-dollar restoration project for the islands, which is expected to be completed by 2026.
The I-20 rehabilitation project in Bossier Parish continues to move forward. Three of the four closed ramps at the Old Minden Road interchange are scheduled to reopen today. DOTD spokesperson Erin Buchanan says in two weeks the project will transition into the initial stages of Phase 3 with a traffic shift for I-20 eastbound onto new paved lanes on the interstate….
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Buchanan says the project is still on track to be completed late next year.