Experts estimate LSU received more than $200 million in free media exposure between December 1st and January 21st as a result of the football team’s successful title run. Director of sponsorship analytics for Joyce Julius and Associates, Jeremy Creutz, says they estimate LSU had over 150,000 mentions across TV, internet and print media.
Cut 10 (08) “…to receive that.”

Louisiana political and business leaders are in the nation’s capital for the 72nd Washington Mardi Gras festivities. LSU communications professor and longtime political staffer Bob Mann says the Capitol Hilton Hotel is where business and socializing will mix…
cut 6 (09) “….of that”

A Louisiana native is capturing the attention of the hot sauce world with his new line of handcraft sauces. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
Cut 3 (33) “…I’m Kevin Barnhart.”

Three schools in the Acadia Parish town of Iota are closed today as a result of social media threats.

Meanwhile, 26-year-old Brandon Henry of St. Amant was arrested in Florida for allegedly making a verbal threat against G-W Carter Primary School in Gonzales.