Drew Brees’ appearance in a Bring Your Bible to School ad sparks controversy when LGBTQ advocates point out the organization who produced the spot has a history of anti-gay campaigning. Brees says he wasn’t aware of Focus on Family’s anti-gay position. Brees adds he lives by the Christian fundamental of love thy neighbor.
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Brees says he recorded the video in order to encourage kids to live out their faith with confidence.

LSU fans are confident about the Tigers Top 10 matchup with Texas on Saturday night. LSU Alumni Chief Operating Officer Steve Helmke says their Traveling Tigers trip to Austin sold out quickly….
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Because of ongoing renovations to Texas Memorial Stadium, the Longhorns only gave LSU three-thousand tickets to sell.

Seven Louisiana schools are listed in the top 100 fastest growing community colleges in the nation according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Leading the way is Northshore Technical and Community College as the school was ranked seventh with a 145-percent increase in growth from 2007 to 2017. LCTCS president Monty Sullivan…
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The other six community colleges ranked were Nunez, Louisiana Delta, L.E. Fletcher, South Louisiana, River Parishes, and Bossier Parish.

NBC anchor Lester Holt spent two nights at the Louisiana State Penitentiary and his experience will air tonight on Dateline. NBC says the show will focus on criminal justice reform and mass incarceration and producer Dan Slepian says at first Angola officials were reluctant…
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Slepian believes the Department of Corrections will be happy with their portrayal of the facility.