This year’s drought has had a tremendous economic impact on Louisiana. Colleen Crain has the story…
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Angel Reese returned from a four-game unexplained absence and scored 19 points as the seventh ranked Lady Tigers defeated ninth ranked Virginia Tech 82-64 in a rematch of last year’s national semi-final game. Aneesah Morrow also had 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. It was win number 700 for Coach Kim Mulkey. She became the quickest coach in men’s or women’s Division basketball history to reach 700 wins.

A new report by the C-D-C reveals the suicide rate in the U-S last year reached a record high. More than 49 thousand people took their own life. LSU Health New Orleans Chair of Psychiatry Dr. Rahn Bailey says the rate of suicides involving guns in the U-S has reached its highest level…
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The federal data shows the rate of suicide by any method has increased by one-third in the past two decades, more than half of those involve firearm, a figure that translates to about one every 20 minutes.

It’s the semifinal round of the high school football playoffs. The top-seed in Division One non-select, Ruston, is seeking its first state championship since 1990 but they face a red-hot Mandeville team tonight. Sports Scouting Report Podcast host Lee Brecheen says the Bearkats are one of the best teams in the state…
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