The lower Mississippi River is being dredged to accommodate bigger ships. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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LSU hires a new passing game coordinator and the Tigers will also play a game in New Orleans in the near future. Jeff Palermo has the details…
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State Police is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Lafayette. The deceased has been identified at 40-year old Jeremy Todd Baham of Lafayette. Trooper Thomas Gossen says the shooting happened last night on Kaliste Saloom Road.
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Gossen says two officers approached Baham and that’s when things got physical and took a turn.
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The officer involved in the incident received non-life threatening injuries.
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North Louisiana remains under a flash flood watch until six pm tomorrow night and two school systems canceled classes today due to flooding, Morehouse and West Carroll Parish Schools. National Weather Service Meteorologist Nicholas Fenner says northeast Louisiana has already seen a lot of rain
Fenner says the rain slacks off a little today, but more heavy rainfall is expected…
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The Ouachita Parish Police Jury has declared a state of emergency as the Monroe area braces for flooded roads and rivers. Fenner says there is an elevated risk for flash flooding…
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The Army Corps of Engineers announces a plan to spend $85 million this year to deepen the lower Mississippi River to 50 feet. Port of New Orleans spokesperson Matt Gresham says the initial phase will see work done on the first 30 miles of the river.
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The goal is to deepen the river to 50 feet. Gresham says that allows for several southeast Louisiana ports to accept larger cargo ships built to take advantage of the Panama Canal’s expansion.
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The Corps estimates a national economic benefit of $127.5 million annually. It’s a project that has been pushed for a long time and Gresham says a study indicated that improvements offer an 80-to-1 cost-to-benefit ratio.
The project is expected to cost nearly $240 million, with the state covering more than $100 million, with an annual maintenance cost of $17.7 million.
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LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron has hired former Rams head coach Scott Linehan to be the Tigers new passing game coordinator. Linehan has also been a former offensive coordinator in Dallas, Minnesota, Miami, and Detroit. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says it’s an interesting hire
Orgeron told a Baton Rouge radio station that Linehan and offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger will be a great combination with the former NFL coach helping with third-down and red zone game planning.
Higgins says most of Coach O’s coaching hires have worked, so we’ll have to wait to see if Linehan can help keep LSU’s offense humming along
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LSU football will kick-off the 2022 and 2023 seasons by facing Florida State. The 2022 season opener will take place in the Superdome in New Orleans and the following year the two teams will meet in Orlando. Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley says they’ve spent about two years trying to put this game together…
Hundley says each school will be given 30-thousand tickets that they can sell to their fans and that number could go up depending on demand. He says they expect F-S-U fans will be excited to spend Labor Day weekend in New Orleans and they know LSU fans will be there
Hundley says the game in New Orleans and Orlando will be played on Sunday of Labor Day weekend at the request of TV…