9:30 LRN Newscast

Service employees are seeing smaller tips or no tips at all according to a new Bankrate.com survey that shows 66% of people have a negative view of tipping. Senior Analyst Ted Rossman points out that gratuities are declining while annoyance with the request of tips is on the rise.

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Rossman suggests tipping 20 percent as a standard practice.

LSU is heading back to Omaha as the Fighting Tigers topped Kentucky eight to three last night to win the Baton Rouge Super Regional Series which punched their ticket into the College World Series. Cade Beloso delivered a three-run homer in the third inning to snap a one-one tie…

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LSU will play the winner of today’s game between Tennessee and Southern Miss in the opening round of the College World Series. The game is expected to take place on Saturday.

In the closing minutes of the legislative session, lawmakers expressed their frustration over last-minute changes to the budget. Brooke Thorington has more.

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A 77-year-old Thibodaux man died after attempting to cross Highway 1 on a riding lawn mower in Lafourche Parish Friday morning. Larry Helm was attempting to cross LA Hwy 1 when he traveled into the path of a 2023 GMC 3500 traveling north. The driver of the GMC and their two passengers were properly restrained and suffered no injuries.