LSU football’s 2020 recruiting class is rated number one by 247Sports. The Tigers have eleven verbal pledges, nine four-star commitments, but the crown jewel of LSU’s 2020 haul is undoubtedly the number one corner in America, California raised, and Louisiana linked Elias Ricks. 247Sports recruiting analyst Shea Dixon says after locking in Derek Stingley this year, stealing Ricks from the Golden State cements the team’s reputation as the new DBU.
Ricks’ father is a Bayou State native.
A Gonzales man has been arrested and charged with his 3rd DWI following an overnight crash in Ascension Parish left one dead. Toxicology samples were taken, and Trooper Tayler Scrantz says a 3rd DWI can carry a severe punishment in Louisiana.
Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed is keeping a close eye on the criminal investigation into alleged hazing at the LSU’s Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter that has so far resulted in nine arrests. Reed says it’s vital the Board of Regents gathers this new information, and uses it to craft additional policies that can be applied statewide.
Last year the legislature passed harsher anti-hazing laws in the wake of the Max Grvuer’s 2017 death that allegedly resulted from hazing.
Heavy rainfall came down in north Louisiana this morning and Michael Berry with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says more downpours are expected today and in the overnight hours
Cut 12 (10) “…east in the morning”
Berry says forecasters are also keeping their eye on the potential of severe weather on Saturday,