6:30 LRN Newscast October 18

LSU and Football Coach Ed Orgeron have agreed to part ways and this will be Orgeron’s final season as head coach of the Tigers. Since the national championship season, the Tigers have nine wins and eight losses. LSU athletics director Scott Woodward says it was time for a new direction…
Cut 15 (11) “..that standard.”
Orgeron says he has no regrets and will receive 17-million dollars as part of his buyout.

The CDC says there were a record 21-hundred overdose deaths in Louisiana from March 2020 to March of this year, a 56-percent increase from the previous 12-month period. Clinical Director of the Louisiana Addiction Center at LSU-Shreveport, Doctor James Patterson says you can certainly blame the pandemic and the lack of interaction with other human beings…
cut 5 (08) “….on our society”

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy says he’s raised 15-million dollars for his 2022 re-election campaign and has nearly 10-million dollars on hand. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Kennedy is so popular with his constituents he could raise another 10-million dollars or more…
cut 8 (13) “…conservative idol up there”
So far only one announced challenger, Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge.

The L-A Wallet app is being put to use in another convenient way. Bryan McClinton with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says that beginning today hunting and fishing licenses will also be displayed on the app.
Cut 10 (08) “…the waterproof paper.”
LA Wallet is also used to show driver’s licenses and Covid-19 vaccination confirmations.