The defending champion LSU women’s basketball team has its first two-game losing streak since 2022 as the Lady Tigers lost last night to Mississippi State 77-73. Coach Kim Mulkey says they are not executing defensively…
The ninth ranked Lady Tigers next game is Sunday at home against Florida.
The U-S National Science Foundation awarded a $160 million grant to an LSU and other universities statewide to support Louisiana’s energy industry. Vice President of Research and Economic Development Robert Twilley says the NSF grant is an opportunity to educate workers and expand the state’s future energy economy.
LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Fred Lopez says Louisiana is seeing a high level of flu-like illnesses. Lopez says COVID cases have also peaked.
Lopez encourages individuals to get their COVID booster shots and he anticipates there will be an increase of respiratory illnesses as a result of Mardi Gras and the colder weather forcing people to stay indoors.
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, Louisiana will be the 45th state to have girls’ wrestling championships. The Louisiana High School Athletics Association Assistant Director, Adam McDowell says girls wrestling is one of the fastest growing sports and for years they worked to get 80 schools to participate, the number required to add a new sport. Turns out…
157 girls from 40 schools are already wrestling on the boys’ teams and McDowell says adding the girl’s division to their annual convention was overwhelmingly approved.