Louisiana will experience warm and humid weather until a strong cold front arrives late Saturday night and move through the state on Sunday. Morning lows will be in the 30s Monday morning and it will be even colder Tuesday morning. Chanelle Stigger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service out of Lake Charles, says if you think weather is unusual for Louisiana, especially for this time of year, you’re absolutely right…

Cut 5 (08) “…the lower 50s”

More seasonable temperatures return on Wednesday.

The LSU marching band’s 66-year-old tuba player, Kent Broussard was a guest on the Kelly Clarkson Show this week. Broussard told Kelly that he had to submit a YouTube video just to be invited to preseason camp…

Cut 10 (09) “…they march”

Broussard says all 12 freshman Sousaphone players, including himself, made the team. He’s a retired accountant who is a full-time non-traditional student at LSU carrying 12 credit hours.

The Louisiana Renaissance Festival continues this weekend in Hammond; and this weekend, fairgoers are in for a very special – and death-defying – performance from Cy the Sword Swallower. Cyrus Penn says he got the inspiration to take up sword swallowing when he needed something to do with his life upon graduating from college with a theater arts degree.

Cut 12 (06) “…being the option.”

Penn says every swallow of the sword has to be done with the utmost of precision – one false move could be the difference between life and death.

LSU is a 10.5 point underdog to Alabama on Saturday night. Tiger Rag Executive Editor Todd Horne has this prediction…

Cut 8 (16) “…than LSU”

Kick off is at 6:30.

Enjoy the mild weather this weekend; we’re going to be in for a rude awakening Monday morning. When we wake up Monday morning, temperatures will be in the upper 30s in the northern parishes and in the 40s closer to the coast. And Chanelle Stigger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service out of Lake Charles, says temperatures will stay cool all day long.

Cut 3 (08) “…Louisiana you are.”

And if you think Monday morning will be cold, Stigger says it’s going to be even colder Tuesday morning, with the possibility of temperatures dipping below freezing in some areas.

LSU looks to upset fourth ranked Alabama on Saturday night. Cornerback Mansoor Delane (MAHN-soor duh-LANE) is eager to face one of the best passing offenses in the country…

Cut 7 (07) “…first punch”

LSU is a 10.5 point underdog to Alabama on Saturday night.

As the Renaissance Festival continues in Hammond this weekend, Andrew Greenstein tells you of one performance that you definitely should never try at home.

Cut 2 (35) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

Grammy Award nominations were announced today and Franklin Parish native Lainey Wilson scored three nominations, including Best Country Solo Performance for Somewhere Over Laredo. And Louisiana native Branford Marsalis is up for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

Louisiana ranks 31^st in the Tax Foundation’s State Tax Competitiveness Index — up from 37^th. Tax Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Manish Bhatt (“bot”) expects the state’s ranking to improve in 2026, as the franchise tax will be repealed. He says modernizing a state’s tax structure helps position it for growth.

Cut 26 (10) “…period of time.”

Looking for something to do this weekend? Head over to the Louisiana Renaissance Festival which recreates the atmosphere, culture and entertainment of the Renaissance Period which covers the 14^th to the 17^th century in Europe. This weekend Cy the Sword Swallower is performing.

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Nearly four years ago, a Louisiana politician predicted LSU would be on the hook for another massive buyout for its football coach. As Andre Champagne reports, his prediction was spot-on.

Cut 3 (34) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”

LSU is a 10.5 point underdog to Alabama on Saturday night. Tiger Rag Executive Editor Todd Horne has this prediction…

Cut 8 (16) “…than LSU”

Kick off is at 6:30.

The trucking industry in Louisiana says insurance and lawsuit abuse are its biggest concerns in 2025. Renee Amar, the executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association, says the cost of insurance is driving truckers out of the state.

Cut 4 (11) “…affordable truck insurance.”

Amar says the tort reform legislation approved in the last regular legislative session did not go far enough. She would have liked to see a medical transparency legislation get approved.

It will be warm today and tomorrow and then a major cold front hits the state, providing us with our first freeze on Monday and Tuesday. Dan Gill, host of the Garden Show on WWL Radio, says you don’t have to take extreme measures to protect your plants….

Cut 15 (15) “…for the winter”

Gill says if you have tropicals, move them under a patio or put a sheet over them.

This may be a lost season for the LSU football team, but it’s a memorable one for a certain freshman on the marching band. After retiring as an accountant, 66-year-old Kent Broussard pursued – and fulfilled – his lifelong dream of playing in the LSU marching band. Broussard appeared on the Kelly Clarkson Show this week and said he was nearly a half-century out of practice when he hatched his plan to join the LSU marching band.

Cut 9 (10)  “…in Los Angeles.”

To help him practice for his tryouts, he would walk around his Baton Rouge neighborhood playing the tuba, wearing a weighted vest.

The 1-and-8 Saints are back on the road this Sunday to face an improving Carolina Panthers team that just beat the Packers in Green Bay. Rookie Tyler Shough will start again at quarterback for the Saints and defensive end Cameron Jordan says the Black and Gold’s defense has to set the tone…

Cut 6 (11) “…three turnovers”

The Panthers defense is improved, running back Rico Dowdle is third in the NFL in rushing and Q-B Bryce Young has won his last four starts

Enjoy mild temperatures this weekend – next week will get off to a cold start. Temperatures Monday morning will be in the high 30s in the northern parishes and in the low 40s closer to the coast, and highs won’t get out of the 50s. And LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says Tuesday morning will be even colder.

Cut 14 (13) “…the upper 30s.”

Lawsuit abuse is one of the biggest issues facing the trucking industry in Louisiana. That’s according to the Louisiana Motor Transport Association. Executive Director Renee Amar says staged accidents are a major problem, and truckers end up paying thousands of dollars out of pocket and are forced to wait years before their cases can be prosecuted.

Cut 5 (10) “…premiums for you.”

Louisiana ranks 31st in the Tax Foundation’s Tax Competitiveness Index, but that’s up six spots from the year before. Jeff Palermo has more.

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Brian Kelly bids a cordial farewell to LSU and its fans. In a letter posted onto social media, the former LSU coach who was fired almost two weeks ago said he will remember and appreciate everything he and his teams had accomplished, including the 2022 win over Alabama and Jayden Daniels’ Heisman Trophy a year later.

Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is reminding us that in 2021, he predicted that LSU would have to pay Brian Kelley that massive buyout. He says the LSU Board of Supervisors did not handle Kelly’s contract well and says it needs to avoid the same mistake with this next coach.

Cut 12 (10) “…never happens again.”

Louisiana oved from 37 to 31 in the Tax Foundation’s State Tax Competitiveness Index rankings. Tax Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Manish Bhatt (“bot”) says recent tax reforms are responsible. And he says, Louisiana could move up even more if it restricted its sales taxes.

Cut 9 (13)  “…improvement in that.”

It may not feel like it now but we’re about to experience the coldest temperatures of the season at the beginning of next week. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim…

Cut 13 (11)  “…in the 50s.”

Insurance and lawsuit abuse are driving truckers out of the state, says Renee Amar, the executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association. She says while she’s happy that a bill that stopped payments to those more than 50-percent at fault for accidents became law this year, she’s upset that the medical transparency bill didn’t.

Cut 6 (13) “…20-thousand-dollar bill.”

Amar says the Louisiana trucking industry will try again in next year’s regular session to get that bill passed and onto Governor Landry’s desk.

The insurance environment in Louisiana is ripe for fraud, especially when it comes to staged accidents says the executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association, Renee Amar. She says truckers have to pay thousands of dollars out of their own pockets and are forced to wait years before their cases can be prosecuted.

Cut 5 (10) “…premiums for you.”

Louisiana ranks 31^st in the Tax Foundation’s State Tax Competitiveness Index — up from 37^th. Tax Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Manish Bhatt (“bot”) expects the state’s ranking to improve in 2026, as the franchise tax will be repealed. He says modernizing a state’s tax structure helps position it for growth.

Cut 8 (10) “…period of time.”

He says Louisiana could move up even more if it restricted its sales taxes.

Nearly four years ago, a longtime Louisiana politician predicted that LSU would be on the hook for massive buyout for its football coach. Andre Champagne reports.

Cut 3 (34) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”

The coldest weather of the season so far is coming next week. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says a cold front will drop Monday’s lows to the upper 30s for North Louisiana and lower 40s for South Louisiana and on Tuesday the entire state will see temperatures in the 30s.

Cut 15 (07) “…considerably.”

The trucking industry in Louisiana says insurance and lawsuit abuse are its biggest concerns in 2025. Executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association, Renee Amar, says the cost of insurance is driving truckers out of the state.

Cut 4 (11) “…affordable truck insurance.”

Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is reminding us that he predicted the expensive buyout of Brian Kelly’s contract in 2021. He says LSU should never have given the former head coach a 10-year contract without it being incentive based.

Cut 11 (12) “…to pay him.”

Campbell says the LSU Board of Supervisors did not handle Kelly’s contract well and says it needs to avoid the same mistake with this next coach search.

Louisiana ranks 31st in the Tax Foundation’s Tax Competitiveness Index, up six spots from the year before. Jeff Palermo has more.

Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”

The coldest weather of the season so far is coming next week. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the highs will only be in the 50s Monday with lows in the lower 40s for South Louisiana and upper 30s for North Louisiana and then on Tuesday even colder…

Cut 14 (13) “…the upper 30s.”