A Mandeville couple cleaning the house for Thanksgiving ends up finding a lottery ticket from June that’s worth one-point-eight million dollars. The winning ticket was on a nightstand, two weeks from expiring. Louisiana lotto spokesperson BreAnne Frye says Harold and Tina Ehrenberg claimed their prize this week….
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The ticket was for the June sixth lotto drawing and purchased in Metairie.

The Ehrenbergs can purchase a bunch of turkeys for Thanksgiving with their new found fortune. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says if you are frying a turkey, prepare the area around the fryer to prevent a bad accident…
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Browning says also make sure your frying pot is on grass or concrete, not a wooden structure.

LSU is ranked seventh in the latest college football playoff rankings heading into the final game of the regular season. Sirius XM College Football Sports Nation host and Athlon Sports writer, Braden Gall, says Coach Ed Orgeron and the Tigers are one of the best stories of college football this year…
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LSU will visit Texas A-and-M on Saturday. The Tigers have won eight in a row against the Aggies.

McNeese has fired head football coach Lance Guidry after three seasons. Guidry compiled a 21-12 record in Lake Charles, but never led the Cowboys into the F-C-S playoffs.

Former Congressman Chris John has stepped down as President of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. John has led the lobbying organization since 2007.