25 years ago today, Barksdale Air Force Base played a key role in the aftermath of the terror attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Louisiana Tech fans are making their way down to Baton Rouge for tomorrow night’s game against eighth ranked LSU. Tech will receive one-point-six million dollars for playing this game. According to the Louisiana Illuminator that’s eight percent of the Bulldogs’ projected revenue for athletics this year.

A new survey of 600 early childhood education providers finds that 80-percent of them have operating costs that outpace revenue in some months…

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That’s Chief of Research and Policy Heather Cope for the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, who says the state needs to invest more dollars to make sure early childhood education remains affordable and accessible.

Sunday is the season opener for the Saints as New Orleans will visit the Detroit Lions. Coach Kellen Moore says his offense has to game plan for Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson…

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Hutchinson had 14.5 sacks last season. Kick off on Sunday is at noon.