LSU is looking at delays in opening the new arena that was originally expected to break ground in July of 2024. CEO of the firm, who was the sole finalist to build the arena has been indicted for allegedly rigging the bid process for a similar project at UT. CEO of Oak View Group, Timothy Leiweke, allegedly eliminated competition for Texas’s Moody Center with lucrative concessions and premium-seat contracts. Tiger Rag Executive Editor Todd Horne says LSU officials are reeling…
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Those waiting for a Bucee’s in the Lafayette area are going to need patience because the construction is paused and you can blame it on the rain at least partially. The general contractor, Triton Construction says the delay is due to design delays and poor weather conditions. No date for resuming construction has been announced but when complete the travel center is expected to create 150 jobs with pay starting a $17 per hour.
Funeral services for world-renowned televangelist Jimmy Swaggart will be held in Baton Rouge this weekend.
Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Kace Kieschnick.”
Republican Bill Cassidy’s re-election campaign announces the US Senator from Baton Rouge raised a little more than two-million dollars during the second quarter of this year and he now has nine million in cash on hand. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Cassidy needs to be well-funded with two well-known Republican candidates challenging him in an April primary
State Treasurer John Fleming and state senator Blake Miguez from Acadiana are challenging Cassidy in the newly created Republican primary.