US oil prices fell 30-percent in 2015, so what could we expect in 2016? David Dismukes is the executive director at LSU’s Center for Energy Studies and he says there needs to be an increase in demand for oil for prices to go back up, but he doesn’t see that happening anytime soon…

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On the New York Mercantile Exchange, a barrel of oil is going for 37-dollars a far cry from 2014 when oil was trading for 100-dollars a barrel.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of fatally stabbing his 14-year-old nephew and injuring another nephew and his own elderly mother. Information is limited, but authorities believe 58-year-old Tyrone Dorsey stabbed all three during during some sort of altercation. The victims were transported to a local hospital, where the 14-year-old died from his injuries. The 21-year-old male and 79-year-old female suffered non-life threatening injuries. Police have yet to determine a motive for the stabbings.

The estimated jackpot for tonight’s PowerBall lottery has hit an incredible $334 million with a cash value of $205 million. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kimberly Chopin says this is the largest PowerBall jackpot since February of 2015’s $564 million jackpot. Chopin says when jackpots rise, more and more people play PowerBall…

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The deadline to purchase tickets for tonight’s drawing is 9PM.

Less than 72 hours after Kevin Steele announced he was leaving Baton Rouge to take the defensive coordinator position at Auburn, LSU announces Wisconsin’s Dave Arnada as the Tigers’ new defensive coordinator. Under Arnada, the Badger defense ranks in the top seven nationally in five major defensive categories. In a bit of irony, LSU opens their 2016 football season against Wisconsin.