The top ranked LSU baseball team returns to the diamond tonight to host the Southern Jaguars. The Fighting Tigers are a perfect 7-0 and they will send Eric Walker to the mound for his first start since undergoing Tommy John Surgery in 2017. Walker has made two appearances out of the bullpen this season with mixed results. The Jaguars are 4-and-2 on the season. First pitch is at 6:35.

Also tonight, Southeastern Louisiana visits ninth ranked Mississippi State.

In the NBA, the Pelicans begin a four-game road trip tonight in Los Angeles against the Lakers. Anthony Davis is expected to play, but only about 20 minutes and not in the fourth quarter as the team tries to reduce the chances of him getting hurt.

In college hoops, Sam Houston State can clinch the Southland conference regular season championship crown with a win at UNO. Nicholls and McNeese meet in Thibodaux. The Colonels are coming off a game in which they hit a Southland record 22 three-pointers in a win over Central Arkansas.

For the second straight game, the 13th ranked LSU basketball team played without its starting point guard, but once again figured out a way to win without Tremont Waters. The Tigers topped Texas A-and-M 66-55 by getting the ball in the paint and playing good defense. Coach Will Wade was satisfied with what he saw…
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Naz Reid had 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Javonte Smart had 17 as a he replaced Waters in the starting lineup for a second straight game. Waters was on the bench, but not in uniform for last night’s game. We’ll see if he suits up on Saturday at Alabama.

Kentucky also won last night as the Wildcats defeated Arkansas 70-66. So the Tigers and Wildcats remained tie for first place in the SEC. If Tennessee beats Ole Miss in Oxford tonight, they’ll share the came conference record as LSU and Kentucky.

Southwest Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins says testimony on capitol hill today from President Trump’s former personal lawyer is just part of the political game Democrats are playing. Higgins, who serves on the House Oversight Committee, wrapped up his questioning for Cohen this way…
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In his opening statement, Cohen called the President a racist, conman and cheat.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy had a chance to question top executives from pharmaceutical companies about the high cost of prescription drugs. Cassidy pointed out Humira, which treats arthritis and Crohn’s Disease, is sold at an 80-percent discount in Denmark and the drug manufacturer still makes a profit.
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Cassidy says at least the pharmaceutical industry acknowledges there is a problem.

Matt Doyle spoke with Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera about Senator John Kennedy concerns with the state’s new computer system that checks income eligibility for Medicaid.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is offering a reward of up to 75-hundred dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who fatally shot a whooping crane last November. A male crane was found seriously wounded between Crowley and Rayne on November 2nd. It was later euthanized.

The 32-year-old mother of an Acadiana High student arrested last week for posting a video on social media of two children fighting at the school will not be prosecuted. 15th Judicial District Attorney Keith Stutes says he has reviewed the case, and is not accepting the charges. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt believes the decision by the DA’s office is fair and just…
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Maegan Adkins-Barras was charged with unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity and spent a night in jail.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy had a chance to question top executives from pharmaceutical companies about the high cost of prescription drugs. Cassidy pointed out Humira, which treats arthritis and Crohn’s Disease, is sold at an 80-percent discount in Denmark and the drug manufacturer still makes a profit.
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Cassidy says there is acknowledgment from the pharmaceutical industry that there is a problem in prescription drug affordability, which is a good first step.

The U-S Army Corps of Eningeers has opened the first bays on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish, which allows water from a rising Mississippi River to drain into Lake Ponthchartrain, protecting New Orleans from flooding. Matt Doyle has more…
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State Police say a 17-year-old traveling at a high rate of speed lost his life when his vehicle left the roadway and collided with several trees in Natchitoches Parish. John Hunter Owens of Robeline was pronounced dead at at a local hospital. L-S-P says a deputy tried to initiate a traffic stop, but Owens sped off before the fatal wreck occurred.

Republican U-S Senator John Kennedy says it’s time for Governor Edwards to fire Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Rebekah Gee. Kennedy is frustrated that L-D-H has discovered 37-thousand Medicaid recipients are no longer eligible for the taxpayer funded health care, because they make too much money. The health department credits a new computer system for finding the ineligible Medicaid recipients, but Kennedy doesn’t buy it…
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Gee says the majority of those found ineligible made just above the elibility line and would still be considered working poor…
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Kennedy would like to see the legislative auditor do a thorough audit of the Medicaid program.

Louisiana’s Senior Senator Bill Cassidy had an opportunity to question top executives of several pharmaceutical companies about rising prescription drug costs. During a Senate Finance hearing, Cassidy, who is a medical doctor, thanked them for their advancements in medicine, but he says some patients can not take advantage of it, because of the high cost…
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Cassidy says Humira, which treats arthritis and Crohn’s Disease, is sold at an 80-percent discount in Denmark and the drug manufacturer still makes a profit.

Lafayette District Attorney Keith Stutes will not prosecute an Acadiana high school mother who posted a video of a school fight on social media. Scott police charged 32-year-old Maegan Adkins-Barras with unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says Adkins-Barras should not have been charged, because she was not physicaly present when the fight occurred…
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The 32-year-old mother of an Acadiana High student arrested last week for posting a video on social media of two children fighting at the school will not be prosecuted. Kevin Barnhart has more…
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A federal judge has ordered former district attorney Walter Reed to report to prison on April 1st. Reed was convicted almost three years ago on allegations he used campaign money for personal use. The former top prosecutor for St. Tammany and Washington parishes was sentenced to four years in prison.

U-S Senator John Kennedy wants to know how much money was wasted on ineligible Medicaid recipients. Last week, the state health department told 37-thousand Medicaid recipients they are no longer eligible for the government health care, because they make too much money. Kennedy says it’s another example of L-D-H incompetence, but Health Secretary Rebekah Gee says that’s not the case….
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Gee says a new computer system is doing what it’s supposed to do, alert the state when Medicaid patients no longer qualify for the taxpayer funded health care.

For the third time in four years the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish will open to help reduce the pressure on the New Orleans levee system, because of a rising Mississippi River…
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That’s Colonel Michael Clancy. The water diverted from the Mississippi River flows into Lake Pontchartrain.

The 13th ranked LSU basketball team followed up last Saturday’s overtime win over 5th ranked Tennessee with a 66-55 victory over Texas A-and-M last night. Tigers Coach Will Wade was glad there was no hang over from the big win over the Vols…
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Senator John Kennedy wants to know how much the Louisiana Health Department spent on ineligible Medicaid recipients after a new computer system kicked tens of thousands of recipients off the rolls…
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Louisiana’s  GDP rose to 252 billion in the third quarter, up 2.3 billion from the second. Department of Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says there’s a few heavy industries in particular you can point to for the state’s growth

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Critics point out the state’s growth is below the national average of 3.4 percent.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open over 30 bays on Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish this morning because of the rising Mississippi River. Water will be diverted from the Mississippi and sent into Lake Pontchartrain. Colonel Michael Clancy says the spillway will open to make sure the river’s flow doesn’t exceed 1.25 million cubic feet per second…

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This is the first time ever that the Bonnet Carre Spillway has been used in back to back years to control the flow on the Mississippi.