President Barack Obama will be visiting Baton Rouge next week for the first time as commander-in-chief. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says a visit to Louisiana is a bit of a surprise since we’ve not always been supportive of President Obama’s policies. says the recent election of Democrat John Bel Edwards in the governor’s race could have played a role in the president scheduling a visit to the capital city…:
CUT 7 (09) “in the state”
The president will visit the Capital City Thursday, January 14th.

The Army Corps of Engineers say they will be opening the Bonnet Carre spillway starting 10am Sunday to alleviate flood threats due to the rising Mississippi River. As far as the Morganza Spillway in Pointe Coupee Parish, Corps spokesperson Ricky Boyett says they are closely monitoring the river to see if it reaches the level required to open the flood gates…:
CUT 4 (07) “12th of January”

If you got a hoverboard for Christmas, you’ve probably already found out there’s a bit of a learning curve to figuring out how to ride it. So many injures have been reported from hoverboard incidents that four state universities have banned the devices from campus. Southeastern spokesman Rene Abadie says hoverboard batteries have been known to combust and start fires while charging, so they don’t want them in S-L-U housing units…:
cut 10 (10) “the rider”
Hoverboards are also prohibited at LSU, UL-Lafayette and Nicholls.

Tomorrow night’s already historic jackpot was raised this morning to $800 million dollars. UNO Mathematics chair, Dr. Tumulesh (Too-muh-lesh) Solanky (soe-LAWN-key), says there is no evidence that some numbers are luckier than others…:
CUT 13 (07) “the best”
The odds of one person winning the jackpot is about one in 292-million.