Leaders at the State Capitol are playing the blame game entering the special session. Jeff Palermo has more…

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The man accused of killing a massage therapist in Denham Springs reportedly told police she tried to rob him. Police say 22-year-old Christopher Landry told them he left the room and returned to find 24-year-old Kayla Denham stealing from him. That’s when he says he picked up a pipe, hit her in the head, and strangled her. Sheriff Jason Ard says the evidence does not support that story.

Shut the f up are not words you’d expect to hear on the House floor. But that’s exactly what New Orleans Senator Karen Carter Peterson said to Haughton Representative Dodie Horton in the final minutes of the regular session. Horton says several lawmakers heard the comment from the chairwoman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.

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Horton says Peterson apologized via text, but she has yet to respond.

Tickets are sold out for this weekend’s Baton Rouge Super Regional between LSU and Mississippi State, so if you want tickets, you’ll have to get them secondhand. StubHub spokesperson Johnna Hoff says the “get in the door” price is rising rapidly, as Game 1 standing room only tickets were $200 Friday morning.

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The lowest price for a Sunday single game ticket is about $130.