More and more high school students have been getting drunk at LSU tailgates, and East Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore is letting schools know to spread the word that law enforcement will increase their presence on campus as a result. He says he wants LSU tailgating to remain a safe atmosphere…:
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Meanwhile Governor John Bel Edwards is requesting university officials to review their hazing, drug and alcohol abuse policies, in the wake of the death of 18-year-old Max Gruver at a fraternity. Edwards does not want to see another student die as a result of a possible hazing incident…
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The first police report on Gruver’s death was released by LSU-PD and indicates the freshman was found unresponsive at the fraternity house, then later pronounced dead at a hospital.

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Sunday marks the 12-year anniversary of Hurricane Rita making landfall near the Texas-Louisiana boarder. State Climatologist Barry Keim says nationwide it’s a forgotten storm, because of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Katrina, but Rita had higher maximum sustained winds and…:
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Keim says Rita even re-flooded parts of New Orleans.

Saturday is National Hunting and Fishing Day and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is celebrating by hosting four events to get people outdoors. L-D-W-F spokesperson Joel Courtney says if you don’t have opportunities to fish or hunt, then come to one of these celebrations…:
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Events celebrating all Sportsman’s Paradise has to offer outdoors will take place in Baton Rouge, Haughton, Woodworth and West Monroe.