11:30 LRN Newscast

There will NOT be a vote today to expel LSU from the Southeastern Conference. And a federal lawsuit the SEC filed against LSU may not move forward as there has been de-escalation in the legal battle over two players, who were on NFL training camp rosters last month, who then attempted to return to college and play for LSU. LSU president Wade Rousse has informed the SEC that Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris will not play for the Tigers this season.

Quarterback Tyler Shough is getting ready to lead the Saints in Sunday’s season opener against the Lions. Kace Kieschnick has more…

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The Louisiana Department of Health awards more than two-million dollars to U-L Lafayette as part of its initiative to improve health care in rural areas. Almost 1.6-million dollars of that money will go to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The dean of that college, Dr. Lisa Broussard, says the goal is to prepare student nurses to become practitioners in rural areas.

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Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of Nine-Eleven. Mike Foster was Louisiana’s governor at the time and was in Lexington, Kentucky that day for a meeting of Southern governors when two planes flew into the Twin Towers in New York City. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon and another plane went down in Pennsylvania. Governor Foster’s press secretary Marsanne Golsby says she will never forget the concern everyone had…

Cut 12 (07) “…scared to death”

State Police drove Foster back to Baton Rouge that day.