High school football teams outside of New Orleans can begin contact practices today and an eight-game regular season is set to kick-off on October 1st, with the state championship games scheduled for December 26th to the 28th in the Superdome. LHSAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine believes football can be safely played
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It’s the statistical peak of the hurricane season and 17 named storms have formed a record for this point of the season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says back in June Tropical Storm Cristobal became the earliest C storm to ever form and the records kept falling from there…
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LSU researchers will use wastewater tests around dorms and on-campus apartments as a way to detect coronavirus hotspots before students show symptoms. Environmental Engineering Professor John Pardue says wastewater testing can tell the school how many people are shedding the virus or have the disease…
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Pardue says if there are elevated levels measured in the sewage, the school can conduct robust testing at a particular location.

Louisiana Tech Head Coach Skip Holtz blames Hurricane Laura for the outbreak in coronavirus cases with his football team. The Bulldogs game at Baylor on Saturday has been postponed. Holtz says it is a disappointing development since they were nearly COVID-free before the storm.
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