A man who works for LSU and has recently visited Liberia has been asked to stay off campus for at least three weeks. Olivia Watkins with the Department of Health and Hospitals says they are going in to monitor the man two times a day to make sure he does not exhibit symptoms of the Ebola virus…but he is not being forced to stay home…:
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Watkins says it’s important to remember that Ebola can not be passed to another individual when there are no symptoms present.

Meanwhile Governor Bobby Jindal is criticizing the Obama Administration for the nation’s response to the spread of Ebola saying it’s incompetent and malpractice has been committed.

A teenager from Lafayette is under arrest after police say he tried to rob a gas station with a stick wrapped in plastic while wearing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle mask. 18-year-old Lacorrion Turner was booked with first degree robbery.

The LSU Police Department is asking for help in a possible rape investigation. Captain Corley Lalonde says a victim reported she was near the lakes when a group of men approached her and one of them raped her while the others watched. The alleged incident happened October 7th. LaLonde says LSUPD has no information to indicate that this is anything other than an isolated incident…:
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They are asking anyone who may have seen something unusual in the area on that day to please contact LSU Police.

Gas prices slipped another cent last night in Louisiana. The current statewide average for a gallon of regular is $3.02.

Bayou Country Superfest producers announce the shows for 2015 will span over three days again and include a special Friday concert. The BCS lineup for the Tiger Stadium concerts will be announced November 5th.