LSU announces Saturday night’s historic football game against Southern University is a sell-out. Whitney Thomas has more.
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LDH is recommending the newest COVID boosters that are formulated to offer protection from the Omicron variants. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A new poll of New Orleans voters shows over half want to see Mayor LaToya Cantrell removed from office. More from Brooke Thorington…:
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LSU has announced Saturday night’s historic match-up against Southern University is a sell-out. LSU Executive Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry says tickets for this first-ever match-up between the two Baton Rouge schools are more in demand than the Alabama game in November.
Ausberry says bringing both communities together, and also allowing institutions in the state of Louisiana to benefit financially was an important aspect of this game. Southern was paid $700,00, with an extra $60,000 going to their athletic foundation fund.
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Not only is this the first time LSU has played Southern in football, but it’s also the first time the Tigers have faced a historically black university in football…
Kick-off is set for 6:30 pm
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The Louisiana Department of Health is recommending individuals who are 12 and older and fully vaccinated against COVID, get the newest booster that’s formulated for the Omicron variant. LDH Deputy Director Glennis Gray says this booster offers prolonged protection against the original strain of COVID…
The updated booster should be widely available in the coming days. Gray says you can have the new booster as soon as two months after your last vaccine dose. The Moderna booster is for ages 18 and older and the Pfizer booster is for ages 12 and up.
Health officials say there’s supporting data that the booster provides additional protection against the current circulating variant and Gray says if you’ve recently recovered from COVID you should also have the updated booster.
The CDC and the FDA are also recommending the use of the updated booster. Be sure to call ahead to make sure your healthcare provider has the newest booster in stock.
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A new poll on the recall effort against New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell shows over half of those surveyed say she needs to go. University of New Orleans political science professor Dr. Ed Chervenak conducted to poll. He says the results were mostly similar regardless of gender, party affiliation, or race…:
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Cantrell said the recall is a “right-wing conspiracy” to get rid of her, but the numbers don’t seem to bear that out.
The recall petition was filed with the Secretary of State’s office after Mayor Cantrell appeared in court in support of a teen carjacker; offering little comfort to the victims. She is also under fire for lavish travel arrangements for business trips at taxpayer expense. Chervenak says respondents to this poll favor recalling her now, but…:
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The poll surveyed just over 400 registered Orleans parish voters and showed 55-percent want her recalled. Over 64-percent say the city is headed in a bad direction. Chervenak says the poll is just a “snapshot” of how voters feel right now, and Cantrell could change those feelings before the deadline arrives to collect over 53-thousand recall signatures…:
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Recall efforts in large voter areas (including statewide) have historically met little success in Louisiana.
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A Leonville man dies after the truck he was driving ended up fully submerged in St. Landry Parish. Trooper Thomas Gossen says 59-year-old Phillip Gilyard was driving a Ford F150 north on LA 103 ran a stop sign ended up in Bayou Teche. Gossen says they know he survived the crash because he was able to call for help.
A search and rescue team located Gilyard’s body away from his vehicle. Gossen says a blood sample was collected and the accident remains under investigation.
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Gossen says often people assume it’s safer to not wear a seatbelt when you’re dealing with water.
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Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas says he feels great and it’s his goal to play in Sunday’s season opener at Atlanta. Quarterback Jameis Winston did not have Thomas to throw the football too in his first season and he’s excited to have the chance this year…
Instead of Sean Payton calling plays, offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael will call the plays and he’s done it before, including the 2012 season when Payton served a year-long suspension as a result of bounty gate. Winston says the offense will not change much with Carmichael as the play caller…
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Winston was the number one pick in the 2015 NFL draft. Marcus Mariota was the second pick that year and he’s getting a new chance to start in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons. Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu on facing Mariota and the Dirty Birds offense
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After getting beat 52-10 at Texas, ULM hosts Nicholls on Saturday in its home opener. Warhawks coach Terry Bowden says they could have played better in Austin, but the Longhorns were the better team
But this Saturday, ULM is the favorite to win, while the Colonels are the team looking to pull off the upset. Bowden says his guys will have to play well to win…