LSU and Louisiana Tech will play each other for the 21st time on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. Coach Brian Kelly has great respect for the Bulldogs and their head coach Sonny Cumbie…
Kick off tonight is set for 6:30
Louisiana Tech isn’t the only in-state team facing a big opponent tonight. UL-Monroe will take on twenty-first ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa at tonight at 6:45. The Warhawks are looking to pull off the upset in T-Town just like it did in 2007 when it defeated the Crimson Tide 21 to 14 in Nick Saban’s first year at Bama.
And Grambling State faces the top-ranked team in the nation in Ohio State. It’s the first time the Tigers will have played an AP number one team. Kick-off for that one is set for 2:30.
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It’s the first full weekend of September which means Louisiana’s holding its annual 2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday. Between now and Sunday, purchases of a wide range of hunting supplies are exempt from all state and local sales taxes. But, Byron Henderson with the Louisiana Department of Revenue says there are certain hunting-related items, though, that are ineligible for the sales tax exemption this weekend.
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If you’re out and about shopping or attending a big game, be aware that COVID cases are up again this year. It’s happened every year for the last five years. But Dr. Joseph Bocchini (buh-KEEN-ee), a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Willis-Knighton in Shreveport, says so far, this year’s spike isn’t as severe as those in years past, but only time will tell.