CBS’s 60 Minutes will showcase LSU’s Coach Ed Orgeron on Sunday night to a nationwide audience. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Under an election plan the state was ordered to follow by a federal judge it is unlikely we will know the results of the November 3rd election that night…
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A Tropical Depression in the southern Gulf of Mexico is close to tropical storm strength and there’s a chance it could become a hurricane late Sunday night, early Monday morning. National Weather Service Meteorologist Donald Jones says there’s not a lot of confidence in the forecast track
The current forecast track shows the system crawling up the Texas coastline towards Louisiana as a tropical storm.
Jones says the system is disorganized and moving slowly…
Once it reaches tropical storm strength, it will be called Tropical Storm Beta as we’ve reached the Greek Alphabet for named storms. Jones says the winds in the central Gulf of Mexico that would direct the storm are very weak…
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Coach Ed Orgeron will get the national spotlight when the LSU coach’s story is told on Sunday night on CBS’s 60 minutes. Special assistant to the head coach Derek Ponamsky says production was originally set to take place in March with spring practice but got pushed back to the summer due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ponamsky says not only will viewers get a more personal look at Coach O, but they’ll get to meet his mother, Coco.
Ponamsky says between this feature on 60 minutes and his new book Flip the Script that will be coming out in a few weeks, LSU fans will get a better idea of the inner workings of Coach O.
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60 Minutes airs Sunday night at 6:30 on CBS.
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Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin warns under the election plan the state was ordered to adopt by a federal judge it is unlikely we will know the full results of the November 3rd election until the next day.
The order calls for Louisiana to adopt the election plan used in the summer. Ardoin says that will likely mean a significant increase in absentee ballots.
The summer plan allowed people to request absentee ballots if they or someone in their household were high-risk COVID individuals, or if they were diagnosed with, or feeling symptoms of COVID-19.
Battleground states are moving to expansive absentee ballot programs, making it also unlikely we’ll know who the next President is November 3rd. Ardoin explains why…
Less than one percent of all voters in the summer elections utilized COVID-excuse absentee ballot forms.
Ardoin says while the delay is unfortunate he’d rather report accurate results than fast results.
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August revenues for Louisiana’s riverboat casinos and one land-based casino were down 31% compared to August 2019. Every casino took in less money than August 2019 with only one taking in more than July 2020, El Dorado Resort in Shreveport. Louisiana Casino Association executive director Wade Duty…
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Harrah’s in New Orleans was down 9% from July to August and 49% from August 2019.
Duty says moving Phase Three really didn’t move numbers into the green either, as Phase Two restrictions remained in place for casinos.
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Future revenues face additional hurdles as Hurricane Laura rocked the Lake Charles gaming industry. Duty says Isle of Capri will be offline for an extended period because of damage to their facility. Others have reopened, but face staffing issues due to displacement.