Will Wade will again be LSU’s men’s basketball coach four years after being fired for recruiting violations and though fans are expected to be happy with the leadership change, the move will come at a significant cost for LSU. Matt McMahon and his staff’s buyout is expected to total around 11-million dollars but Tiger Rag Editor Glen Guilbeau says the program will find a way to raise enough money to continue operating at full capacity.
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Wade has signed a seven-year deal that will pay him four-million dollars in his first season and is expected to have a roster budget exceeding 12-million dollars.
New graphics from the National Hurricane Center this year will include risks to inland areas as well as coastal areas. Deputy Director Jamie Rhome says they will be done with alternating diagonal blue and pink lines within the affected area.
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A former sheriff of Rapides Parish will be laid to rest today. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Universities could permanently ban a student organization if a hazing incident results in a student’s death. Laws passed after the 2017 death of LSU student Max Gruver, who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging at a fraternity were directed at individuals. Chairman of the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Task Force, Jason Hughes, says this legislation would apply to the entire student organization. Southern University student, Caleb Wilson died in 2025 after he was repeatedly punched in the chest during an off-campus fraternity hazing ritual.