LSU announces a timeline for finding a new live mascot and the plan is to have a new tiger before the start of the football season. Ginger Guttner with the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine says they are searching rescue facilities and sanctuaries for a young, male tiger to become Mike VII….
cut 5 (05) “…in August”
But Guttner says the school is ending the decades old tradition of Mike in attendance for LSU football games.

The Louisiana Office of Tourism and the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau team up with a marketing firm in China to bring more Chinese tourists to the Bayou State. Assistant Tourism Secretary Kyle Edmiston says the Chinese travel market is the fasted growing inbound market in the US…:
Cut 8 (11) “6 million”
He says thanks to the partnership with East West Marketing Corporation, Louisiana is in a position to be a top destination for Chinese travelers.

If you’re struggling to lose weight, LSU Pennington Biomedical Doctor Steven Heymsfield suggests behavioral counseling. Heymsfield says an obese individual must lose 5-8-percent of their weight in one to two years to have successfully completed the program….
cut 12 (09) “…diabetes”
Heymsfield says many YMCAs offer an affordable high intensity lifestyle treatment, along with commercial companies like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig.

We’ve seen heavy rainfall across southeast Louisiana today. Christopher Bannan with the National Weather Service in Slidell says some areas experienced 2-5 inches of rain in a short period of time. He says this strong weather system will continue to affect much of the state into the weekend…:
Cut 4 (07) “Sunday morning”
There’s the potential of severe weather impacting more than just southeast Louisiana tomorrow and Saturday.