We’re halfway through October, but you wouldn’t know it by the weather. State climatologist Barry Keim it’s abnormally warm and dry this month. He says a lack of clouds and rain is keeping temperatures higher than usual for this time of year.
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He says so far this month Louisiana has only seen one one-hundredth of an inch of rain.

LSU Health New Orleans will be one of 11 sites in the country that will use immunotherapy to treat Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of cancer. Director of the LSU Health New Orleans Cancer Doctor Augusto Ochoa says this is huge news, because other forms of treatment were unsuccessful…
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The Al Copeland Foundation donated 100-thousand dollars to support this clinical trial.

LSU will play Florida this season and the game will be held in Death Valley on November 19th, instead of the Swamp. LSU’s previously scheduled game for that day against South Alabama has been cancelled. Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran says swapping out the Jaguars for the Gators, creates a difficult finish to the season….:
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As part of the deal, LSU agreed to play Florida in Gainesville the next two years.

An East Baton Rouge Parish flood victim, who is retired, will be able to pay off his damaged thanks to the Powerball. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kim Chopin says 72-year-old James Lapeze won a one-million-dollar prize by playing Powerball…
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After taxes are taken out, Lapeze will take home 700-thousand dollars.