Will Wade is returning to Baton Rouge as LSU’s men’s basketball coach four years after being fired for recruiting violations. Wade has signed a seven-year deal that will pay him four-million dollars in his first season. He’s also expected to have a roster budget exceeding 12-million dollars. Tiger Rag magazine editor Glenn Guilbeau says the fan base is ready to “Boot Up” again….
The National Hurricane Center has colorful new graphics for this hurricane season designed to give a clearer picture of potential risks for coastal areas and this year, for inland areas. Deputy Director Jamie Rhome says there are also new colors for certain types of warnings.
Fraternities and sororities could be banned permanently from campus if a member of their organization dies in a hazing incident. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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The funeral for former Rapides Parish sheriff William Earl Hilton is scheduled for noon today at Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria and will be followed by a procession and burial. One of Sheriff Hilton’s contemporaries, Grant Parish Steven McCain, remembers seeing Hilton at the new sheriff school for newly elected sheriffs when Hilton had been re-elected after being out of office for four years.