4:30 PM Newscast

A few mock drafts show LSU quarterback Joe Burrow as a number one pick in the NFL draft next April. Jeff Palermo on the fifth-year senior’s rise up the draft boards…

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The NCAA announced today that it will allow its athletes to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness. In a news release, the governing body said it must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes. The NCAA says it will develop rules and put them in place by January 2021.

 

 

 

 

 
President Trump says he’ll be back in Louisiana before the November 16th run-off to rally support for Eddie Rispone. LSU-Shreveport Poli Sci Professor Jeff Sadow says there won’t be early voting period visits from the President because the kinds of people who early vote don’t really need any more encouragement, and usually can’t be swayed.

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Vice President Mike Pence made a trip to Baton Rouge Monday, but it wasn’t a rally, it was a 5,000 dollar a plate fundraiser for Rispone.

A fire destroys the Livingston Parish home of a murder suspect that is currently in jail.  The home of Errol Hicks burned down Monday.  State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says investigators indicate there is a wide range of possibilities as to what sparked the fire.

Cut 7 (10) “…or the other.”