U-S-C and Florida have filled their college football head coaching vacancies, while LSU’s search continues. The Gators named Ragin Cajuns Coach Billy Napier as their new head coach and the Trojans pulled off a shocker by hiring Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley as their new head coach. Rumorville had Riley leaving the Sooners for LSU.

Besides the shopping and mailing, the holiday season is also bringing us another election. More from Dave Brannen.
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Covington State Representative Mark Wright was recently named the new chairman of the House Transportation Committee. He takes over the panel at a time when the state is set to receive just over seven billion dollars from President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill…
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It remains to be seen where all of the money will go. As Wright understands it, there are three pots of money that will help address roads, bridges, and even the state’s ports.

The loss of smell from COVID for six months or longer is a growing public health concern. Dr. Kevin McLaughlin, Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery Professor at LSU Health New Orleans says a majority of people do recover their sense of smell in a week or two.
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McLaughlin says that’s because your olfactory nerves were damaged by COVID.