With the sad news of Mike VI passing, the man who raised LSU’s live mascot from birth until he came to the university at two years old, Steve Cotner, remembers the playfulness of the sweet tiger. Cotner says right after ‘Roscoe’ was born, the tiger cub wouldn’t bother anyone else but followed him wherever he went. He says the two of them became best friends…:
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LSU’s Student Government announced it will host a memorial service for Mike this evening in front of Mike VI’s habitat.

Embattled Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni has voluntarily decided to suspend himself from school functions, just minutes before the school board was slated to vote on a resolution banning him from campuses. Yenni last week admitted to sending “improper” text messages to a 17-year-old boy. The board will still vote on the matter at their regular meeting in three weeks.

More than three months after Alton Sterling, a black man, was fatally shot during a confrontation with two white Baton Rouge police officers, US Attorney Walt Green says the investigation is still ongoing. Legal analyst Tim Meche says the Justice Department should take it’s time when investigating these kind of shootings…:
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The US Attorney’s statement says a team of federal prosecutors, FBI agents, and other personnel have devoted hundreds of hours to the investigation.

The state school board has agreed to redesign Louisiana’s teacher training requirements, though Governor John Bel Edwards opposes. The vote was by a one-member margin. The changes would require educators to get more training, including a one-year residency.