A massive federal college basketball point shaving indictment has Louisiana ties. Six of the 16 current or former players indicted in the scheme to rig basketball games for profit played for a Louisiana collegiate program at one point. The indictment was unsealed this morning in Philadelphia and announced by David Metcalf, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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Metcalf says it started when former LSU star Antonio Blakeney and others colluded to fix professional games in China; and when those proved to be profitable, they moved the operation stateside and into the world of U.S. college basketball. Four Louisiana schools are among the 17 named – Tulane, New Orleans, Nichols and Northwestern State.
There was certainly no snow this past Christmas, but South Louisiana could see trace amounts of it this weekend – not enough, however, for you to build Frosty the Snowman. A strong cold front will push through the state Saturday, and LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says whether any snow results from it will depend on where it ends up, how much moisture is in the air and the temperature.
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Governor Landry announced that the Louisiana Fiscal Responsibility Program that he established in December of 2024 has found hundreds of millions of dollars in savings within state government. The program is led by Fiscal Responsibility Czar Steve Orlando.