8:30 LRN Newscast September 14

Hurricane Florence made landfall this morning and now the Category One storm is expected to linger over the Carolinas. The National Hurricane Center says isolated storm totals of 30 to 40 inches are possible. LSU Geography and Anthropology Professor Craig Colten says Florence should be a wake up call to other cities off the coast, as this is the second straight year we’ll see significant flooding from a slow moving hurricane…
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The LSU football team leaves for Alabama today where they’ll play Auburn tomorrow afternoon. Tiger Rag Editor James Moran says LSU’s offensive line struggled last week and that won’t fly against the War Eagles’ defense…
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Kick-off is at 2:30.

A St. Tammany man is set to make his case in front of the US Supreme Court next month in a battle between property rights and frogs. Matt Doyle has more.
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Builders of the Bayou Bridge pipeline say it will take a little longer to complete the 163-mile pipeline from Lake Charles to St. James. The project was expected to be completed next month, but the end date has been pushed back to the fourth quarter of this year as litigation has halted constructed in some areas.