18:30 Newscast Oct 7

A lot of LSU fans feel the SEC completely dropped the ball for allowing the LSU/Florida game not to happen this weekend. Stewart Mandel, college football writer for Fox Sports, says while Florida was being stubborn about moving the game, he doesn’t think it was their hope that the game wouldn’t happen at all.

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Mandel says he doesn’t see why this matchup couldn’t have been moved.

The Jefferson Parish Council is calling for Parish President Mike Yenni to resign after he admitted to sexting a 17-year-old boy. Legal analyst Tim Meche says a petition could be started to recall Yenni out of office, but that’s very difficult to accomplish under Louisiana law.

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Council members say Yenni owes parish residents an explanation.

Attorney General Jeff Landry says his office has received 12-hundred complaints about crooked contractors since the flood. He advises homeowners to use their technology to help prevent fraud.

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Landry says there are tips for homeowners on the AG website.

A Lafayette man is trying to breed the world’s hottest pepper, the Louisiana Creeper. Troy Primeaux says he got started in pepper breeding when he gave up his life as a rock star to find a more family friendly hobby. He says it’s just something he stumbled into, and he says he’s always trying to push the envelope.

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Primeaux says the preliminary data looks good for the Louisiana Creeper to be the hottest pepper in the world at 2 million SHU or better.