4:30 LRN Newscast

Former LSU Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels is not happy that his number 5 has been reissued. His attorney has sent the school a cease and desist letter demanding that the school stop using his name, image and likeness. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says it may not be entirely Lane Kiffin’s fault, this is just another controversy for a coach steeped in it.

Cut 11 (12) “…for his player.”

Kiffin spoke today about the controversy and stands by what he said last week and that is Pickett was promised by the previous coaching staff that he will wear number five at LSU. Pickett gave his own brief statement…

Cut 12 (10) “…that’s all”

Daniels released a statement that said he hopes his team and LSU can work this out privately.

 

A former police officer who was allegedly plotting a mass shooting at Jazz Fest earlier this year quietly had the charges against him dropped back in June. A grand jury in Louisiana declined to indict 45-year-old Christopher Gillum for terrorizing, after he was found at a Florida hotel in April with a handgun and several rounds of ammunition. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino on what happened here

Cut 3 (13) “…crime of terrorizing.”

Several members of the public testified in front of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, urging the panel to require Meta to provide more details on permanent jobs for the data center in Richland Parish and how much energy it plans to use…

Cut 8 (10) “…greater harm”

Meta has said the data center will create one-thousand permanent jobs and the tech giant has said it will pay for its own power.