8:30 LRN Newscast Sept 7

It’s game day and the hottest selling ticket is the country is to the game all TV set in the Bayou State will be tuned to tonight as LSU takes on the Texas Longhorns. Matt Doyle has the story.

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Those of us without tickets can watch on ABC at 6:30 tonight.

Last weekend two Georgia Southern fans were killed in a car crash on their way home from the LSU game. A Go Fund Me account was set up by an LSU fan for the family of Danny and Julie Hagan, the couple are survived by three children. As of this morning, Tiger fans have donated $37, 148.

Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says skyrocketing insurance costs threaten the state’s 13-billion dollar timber industry. Strain says in some cases insuring equipment has quadrupled in the last year

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Strain says those who work in the forestry industry say they can’t continue to pay those high rates and stay in business

 

It’s officially Dove hunting season and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Jeff Duguay (Do-gay) says the population of morning doves looks good for Louisiana hunters. Duguay says that prediction is based on their banding data…

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But Dugay says the extreme heat could make it difficult for hunters and their dogs, but it will not impact the doves.