6:30 LRN Newscast

LSU has found itself a new head football coach. Media reports indicate Brian Kelly is leaving Notre Dame after 12 seasons for Tiger Town. The 60-year-old is the winningest coach at Notre Dame and he’s won 263 games during his career. He led the Fighting Irish to a BCS title game appearance in 2012 and college football playoff appearances in 2018 and 2020.

The 100th Louisiana State Police cadet class begins training on Sunday…
Cut 3 (29) “…I’m Kevin Gallagher.”

Senator Bill Cassidy is expressing concern that federal health officials are not looking into how long one can expect to remain naturally immune to COVID-19 after getting it. He believes it’s due to incompetence on the part of such agencies as the CDC and the NIH.
Cut 7 (08) “…not to know.”
Cassidy says the CDC has not done a great job with the COVID pandemic. He claims the agency’s director is running the response effort via ZOOM from home.

Today is the final day of the 2021 hurricane season, which brought us Hurricane Ida….
cut 5 (11) “….took place”
That’s State Climatologist Barry Keim who says there were 21 named storms in 2021. The first time there have been 20 plus named storms in back-to-back years.