LSU System President F. King Alexander warns if there is a 65 million dollar cut in state funding this fiscal year students will pay higher fees and faculty members and courses will be eliminated. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says in reality, this is what we’re looking at if cuts to higher education continue, especially over a short time period…

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Alexander also says there will be layoffs of facility and staff members at other system campuses.

LSU placed first in the EPA GameDay Recycling challenge. Campus Sustainability manager Sarah Temple says they put out a massive marketing campaign to let people know that they were taking part in the event and they wanted LSU to win…

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LSU led the nation with 86,400 pounds total recycling.

The US Army Corps of Engineers has begun the process of closing the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish. Spokesperson Ricky Boyett says the spillway did its job to divert water from the Mississippi and they didn’t even open all of the bays…

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10 bays were closed Monday and they plan to close 25 more a day until completed.

A Haughton woman has been arrested for abusing her 72-year-old wheel chair bound mother. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Spokesperson, Lt. Bill Davis, says 43-year-old Belinda Roberts was a caregiver for her mother and abused her in various ways because her mother refused to give Belinda her prescription medicine…

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Roberts faces several charges including cruelty to the infirmed.