LSU’s Ed Orgeron is the 30th highest-paid coach in college football and the 9th highest paid in the SEC at four million dollars a year according to the annual USA Today salary report. LSU is the second highest-scoring team in the nation, averaging 50 points per game. USA Today LSU writer Glenn Guilbeau says dollar for dollar it’s tough to find better value than LSU’s offensive trio…
Cut 5 (07) “…bargain”
Ed Orgeron, offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger, and passing game coordinator Joe Brady make a combined 5.2 million dollars. That’s 1.6 million less than Auburn coach Gus Malzahn’s total salary.

State Police arrest 34-year-old Jessie Joseph III of Raceland for the man’s tenth DWI arrest.  Senior Trooper Jesse LaGrange says Joseph was clocked going 89 in a 70 mph zone.

Cut 9 (11)  “…at that time.”
Joseph faces up to thirty years in jail.

It’s a cool afternoon throughout the state. State Climatologist Barry Keim says a high-pressure system that originated over the north Pacific has brought cooler air to the Gulf South….
Cut 12 (09) “…all across Louisiana.”
We are looking at low temperatures in the 40s tomorrow.

State Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says authorities have arrested two men who stole two brand new tractors from a business in Many. 38-year-old Stephan Morton of Shreveport and 41-year-old Michael Bayone of Alexandria have been charged with felony theft. Strain says The stolen tractors have not been recovered.
Cut 8 (11) “…a call.”
The two tractors valued $80-thousand dollars.