Fans of the ULM Warhawks are getting geared up for the game against LSU this weekend in Baton Rouge. Michelle Southern reports.
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President Obama will address the nation tonight speaking on his strategy for defeating the ISIS militant group in the Middle East. Eric Gill reports…
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Republican Louisiana Senate candidate Representative Bill Cassidy is getting some criticism for saying Democratic House Majority Leader Harry Reid was running “the Senate like a plantation.” Scott Carwile has more…
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As the ULM football team prepares to travel down to Baton Rouge for the big game against the Tigers this weekend, Athletic Director Brian Wickstrom says there is a lot of excitement from the Warhawk Nation. He says lots of the Monroe college football fans are scooping up tickets for the LSU game…:
Wickstrom says they’ve sold about 3000 tickets from their office and they get more requests coming in everyday. He attributes some of the added interest level in the in-state game this season to the fact that ULM is 2-0 and coach Todd Berry has had success with SEC teams…:
Cut 5 (09) “exciting for our fans”
This is the first of three SEC games the Warhawks will be playing in the 2014 season and Wickstrom says these contests help their athletics department in a substantial way. He says those games mean a total of about $3 million dollars pumped into ULM’s sports programs which is a huge help:
Cut 6 (10) “it’s great for us”
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Today is the statistical peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says that means, historically, half of all the hurricanes in the season occur before September 10th and then half occur after…:
CUT 7 (13) “of that average range”
Keim says really we’ve seen almost zero tropical activity in the United States this season which is following almost exactly what we saw last year…:
Keim says if we can hang in there for another eight weeks we probably wouldn’t have to worry about a storm threatening Louisiana at all…:
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President Obama will address the nation tonight speaking on his strategy for defeating the ISIS militant group in the Middle East. Republican Minden Congressman and member of the House Armed Forces Committee, John Fleming, says the President should clarify the reason why we need to go after ISIS…
ISIS has beheaded two American journalists in recent weeks and Fleming says they’ve threatened to do a lot more. He says currently there is no pending legislation that could jump start military operations against ISIS, but there are discussions. But Fleming says it’s really up to President Obama to tell Congress what he wants…
The President recently returned from a NATO summit where the US and nine allies agreed to take on the militants. President Obama’s address is scheduled to begin at 8PM. Fleming says the United States should do one of two things to deal with ISIS…
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Republican Louisiana Senate candidate Representative Bill Cassidy is getting some criticism over a remark he made regarding Democratic House Majority Leader Harry Reid. In an interview with E&E Publishing, Cassidy said Reid was running “the Senate like a plantation.” The comment is already receiving backlash from Democrats and some Republicans who say it is offensive. Political analyst Clancy Dubos is not sure this will blow over quickly because of racial connotations …
Fellow Republican Senate candidate Rob Maness has called for Cassidy to immediately apologize for the comment since it included a term that is “incredibly offensive to many Americans”. Dubos says this is a good move on the part of Maness…
In a statement regarding criticism over the remark, Cassidy said he thinks the leadership style of Reid is more offensive than his analogy. Dubos says, at the end of the day, he doesn’t see this issue as a game changer…
Cut 15 (10) “cumulative effect”
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LSU sophomore wide receiver Travin Dural is developing into an explosive playmaker for the Tigers. The former Breaux Bridge star already has 291 receiving yards, which is the most ever by an LSU player after two games. Dural says he’s been able to develop a strong chemistry with starting quarterback Anthony Jennings
So far this season, LSU has shown the ability to make big plays through the air, even the offense features new quarterbacks and several freshmen receivers. Dural says they knew what was expected out of them this year
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The Ragin Cajuns football team is trying to regroup, after an ugly loss to in-state rival Louisiana Tech this past Saturday. The Bulldogs beat the Cajuns 48 to 20 on their home field. Coach Mark Hudspeth says looking back at it, he believes his team wasn’t focused on Tech, instead they were worried about the big picture
The Cajuns face a tough test this Saturday as they attempt to get back in the win column. U-L Lafayette will visit 14th ranked Ole Miss, who has outscored their two opponents by a score of 76-16. Hudspeth is glad to be taking on one of the best teams in the SEC….