8:30 AM Newscast

The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Kelly Orgeron, the ex-wife of former LSU football coach Ed Orgeron, is entitled to more than eight-million of the coach’s 17-million-dollar buyout. Reversing a lower court’s decision. . The Supreme Court reversed the lower courts ’decisions. Legal Analyst Franz Borghart says he’d certainly understand an attempted appeal from Orgeron, but he’s not sure how successful that would be.

Cut 8 (07) “…taking this.”

The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inducted the class of 2025 Saturday night. Headlining the class was former LSU coach Nick Saban. Saban arrived in Baton Rouge in 2000 and took a Tigers program that had gone 3-and-8 the year before to a national championship three years later. LSU, of course, would go on to be a perennial competitor in the SEC.

Cut 14 (12) “…ever since (applause).”

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A month into hurricane season, and we have yet to see our first hurricane. Is that a sign of things to come? Andrew Greenstein says don’t count on it.

Cut 3 (35) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

We’re coming up on yet another holiday weekend. Triple-A says more than 72-million people to head out of town for the holiday, the vast majority by car. Don Redman with Triple-A Louisiana says  with some 12-million people hitting the road throughout the Gulf South region, you can expect heavy traffic – not just this week, but next week as well.

Cut 5 (12) “…on the roadway.”