The LSU-Alabama game will not be played due to Covid-19 concerns. Taylor Sharp has the story.
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The mandatory evacuation order for Cameron Parish was lifted this morning, 11 weeks after Laura made landfall. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Saturday’s LSU-Alabama game in Baton Rouge has been postponed due to Covid-19 issues within the LSU program. The Tigers do not have any bye weeks to make up the game before the SEC Championship game, but Coach Ed Orgeron hopes the SEC can figure out a way for the rivalry game to be played this year…
For the time being LSU will turn its attention to Arkansas, who they are scheduled to play next Saturday. Orgeron says that LSU should get a lot of their players back next week and could be ready to play the Razorbacks.
One key player that will not return next week is quarterback Myles Brennan, who continues to be sidelined because of an abdominal injury. When asked about Brennan’s status, Orgeron says Brennan may need season-ending surgery…
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A committee studying potential policing policy reforms met again yesterday with Chair Cleo Fields questioning new State Police Superintendent Lamar Davis on dash and body camera policy.
Fields summarized the day’s findings to Davis…
Davis says troopers are subjected to random screenings of their video-recorded interactions with the public.
Fields raised concerns about giving troopers the ability to turn their cameras off…
Davis then said that’s when the trooper would be given additional training or potentially disciplined if they did turn off a camera at an inappropriate time.
Fields seemed to back implementing a policy barring officers from turning off their cameras while performing their duties…
The State Police Legislative Liaison then recounted situations, such as bathroom breaks, where a blanket policy of automatic recording might be inappropriate.
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The mandatory evacuation order in Cameron Parish was finally lifted early this morning for the entire parish. The southwestern coastal parish had been under a mandatory evacuation order since Hurricane Laura made landfall on August 27th. The area then was also impacted weeks later with Hurricane Delta on October 9th. Vice President of the Cameron Parish Police Jury, Scott Trahan….
Trahan says power is still in the process of being restored so water is still undrinkable.
Trahan says now with Louisiana off the radar for Hurricane Eta, tents have been set up to act as a temporary hospital.
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Trahan says they hope to have power restored in Cameron by the end of the week, but water remains undrinkable.
Evacuation orders were lifted September 25th in the towns of Hackberry, Klondike, and Lowery in Cameron Parish.
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Metairie Senator Cameron Henry says the vote to legalize sports betting in 55 of the state’s 64 parishes on Election Night paves the way for sports bets to be placed in Louisiana by the end of next year.
Henry indicated sports betting may not end up being as restricted as was once thought…
Henry says a big point of contention in the upcoming April regular session, the session that will shape sports betting, will be how virtual the activity can be…
Henry says the nine parishes that did not OK sports wagering will likely not be able to take advantage of any revenue the state collects from the activity.