12:30 PM Newscast

Tiger fans are Atlanta bound this Saturday as the Bayou Bengals take on the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship game.  Tickets have been purchased in 47 states, but StubHub spokesperson Erin Exum says Bulldog fans will likely be prevalent in their home state.

Cut 4 (11) “…Saturday comes around.”

The average ticket price is $567.

An Arkansas man is under arrest after allegedly breaking into a West Monroe school Saturday and peppering the inside of the building with bullets in an effort to provoke a confrontation with police.

West Monroe Police Sgt. C.J. Beck describes the surveillance footage of Jeffery Smith’s 12 hours inside the school…

Cut 6 (13) “front door”

There are still about two dozen O-M-V locations that have yet to re-open following the ransomware attack that hit the state two weeks ago. Division of Administration Jacques Berry says one problem is that the O-M-V has old technology…
cut 12 (06) “…anyway”
No timeline has been set for when all offices will be back up and running with full service.

The LSU athletic department gave away for free 33-hundred blocks of sod from Tiger Stadium yesterday as the school plans on renovating the turf inside Death Valley. Dozens of LSU fans came on campus to haul the sod away. Kelsey from Baton Rouge got some painted grass…
cut 15 (05) “…not that silly”
The sod was removed as LSU plans to improve the drainage and install new turf at Tiger Stadium.