After 26 years of waiting, the I-20 Rivalry returns tomorrow. Kace Kieschnick has more.
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It’s Fall and the first real cold front of the season moves through the state today. LSU Health climatologist Barry Keim says much of the state will see morning lows in the 40s, with Sunday being the coldest morning.
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The nation’s newest historically Black medical school has earned it’s preliminary accreditation moving one step closer to full accreditation. Dr. Leonardo Seoane (say-oh-AH-nee), the president and founding dean of the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, says it’s the culmination of a ten-year quest, and the school is gearing up to welcome its first class of fifty students in the summer of 2027.
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The 89th annual International Rice Festival is underway in Crowley. Festival Coordinator Shanna (SHAA-nah) Monk says there are two full stages of live music rocking till midnight tonight and tomorrow, the grand parade tomorrow afternoon at three, and lots of good food and competition.