There are a ton of LSU fans in Omaha this morning after booking last minute flights when the Tigers punched their ticket to the College World Series finals on Saturday. It’s all SEC with LSU battling Florida in a best of three beginning tonight at 6pm. Coach Paul Mainieri announced Sunday afternoon that Baton Rouge’s Russell Reynolds will start on the mound.

If you’re trying to quit smoking, vaping may not be the answer. Halen Doughty has more from experts at Our Lady of the Lake hospital in Baton Rouge…:
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Tulane University’s Upward Bound Program has received a 2.5 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help high school students who hope to become their first in their family to go to college. Cowen Institute Director Amanda Kruger Hill says low income students grade 9 through 12 can greatly benefit from this grant…:
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She says 88 percent of its Upward Bound participants stay in college.

A small insect, known as the Roseau Cane Mealy Bug, is causing extensive damage to Roseau cane in southern Plaquemines Parish. LSU Ag Center entomologist Rodrigo Diaz says it has had severe effects on the dominant vegetation of the Mississippi River Delta…:
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He says this could be a catastrophic problem.