25 years ago, Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier Parish, played a key role in the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks in New York City and the Pentagon. It was there where President Bush flew to after leaving a Sarasota, Florida, elementary school. The current commander of Barksdale Air Force Base, Colonel Chris Cain, says with the nation under attack was the ideal place for him to head to address the American people…

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Bush recorded an address from Barksdale late that morning, and it was shown to the American people less than an hour later.

Trey Williams who works for the Secretary of State’s Office now, was working for the U-S Department of Health that day and his office was close to the Pentagon.  He says his walk home will stick will him forever.

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The people in one Lake Charles suburb has a strong message for the company looking to build a data center in their community – not in our backyard. Kace Kieschnick reports.

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The LSU football team wiped out the Clemson Tigers 51-10 last Saturday night in Death Valley. LSU also set a record for concession sales as two-point-three million dollars worth of drinks and food were bought. That figure includes taxes and credit card fees. Michelob Ultra was the top-selling item, as 41-thousand cans were sold.

Today marks 25 years since the September 11^th terrorist attacks. 2,977 people were killed when 19 terrorists hijacked four planes; two of them were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, one was flown into the Pentagon, and the other crashed in a remote field in Pennsylvania.

Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s press secretary, Trey Williams, was working for the Bush Administration in Washington D-C on that day…

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With public transportation shut down, Williams walked home and it took him several hours.

Mark Fontenot, manages the intelligence center at the Governor’s Office of Homeland Secretary and Emergency Preparedness, says since nine-eleven the public has taken on a greater role in preventing terrorist attacks…

Cut 13 (11) “….see something, say something”

A company out of Missouri is looking to build a data center nine miles north of Lake Charles in the town of Moss Bluff. State Representative Brett Geymann represents that area and his constituents do not want a data center in their backyard…

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Azimuth Renewables has signed an option to purchase roughly 12-hundred acres of heavily wooded property and the project is said to be in its early evaluation.

Investigators begin an extensive search today on 15 acres of land in West Feliciana Parish as they search for two missing women. Sheriff Brian Spillman says they are looking Madison Allen and Stephanie Hevia and both have been missing for over a year. Spillman says 43-year-old Thomas Morris is the prime suspect in their disappearance and he’s been arrested on a separate kidnapping charge…

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Diesel prices in Louisiana are at an all-time high. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The high diesel prices are also unkind to Louisiana shrimping industry, which is also battling imported shrimp that’s cheaper, which drives down the prices for locally-caught shrimp. The Louisiana Shrimp Association  is asking the President to issue an executive order that caps the amount of shrimp imported into the United States.

The public transit system in Shreveport and Bossier City has a self-driving bus. It’s part of a pilot program funded by a one-million-dollar federal grant. SporTran CEO Dinero Washington says some passengers might be scared to get on an autonomous bus, so they will still have a driver behind the wheel…

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The self-driving bus seats 12 people and it will be used to pick up and drop off passengers in Shreveport’s Medical and Entertainment districts.

UL Lafayette goes on the road to face 14th-ranked USC this weekend. Cajuns head coach Michael Desormeaux says his team can make a statement against the Trojans.

Cut 16 (17) “…they do, period.”

It’s a late start on the west coast, kick off is at 10 PM central time on the Big 10 Network.

According to Triple-A, the diesel prices in Louisiana have never been higher The statewide average for a gallon of diesel gasoline is $5.58, which is a record high. President Trump says oil and gas prices will not fall until right after the midterm election. Triple-A’s Don Redman hopes we do not have to wait that long…

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Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says whereas most of us don’t drive diesel vehicles, we’ll be paying these high diesel prices in the form of higher prices for goods, and those high prices will linger for quite some time.

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Tomorrow marks an official record for the latest into a hurricane season without an Atlantic hurricane in the satellite era. The September 11^th mark was also reached in 2002 and 2013, but State Climatologist Jay Grimes says we could be on track to demolish that record.

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El Nino conditions are the reason for the super quiet season other than a few tropical storms.

LSU will not be kicked out of the SEC. Cooler heads have prevailed after LSU made the decision not to add two players who were on NFL training camp rosters last month to their roster. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says there’s no evidence LSU or coach Lane Kiffin broke any rules and he says it’s ridiculous LSU was threatened with expulsion…

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LSU will host Louisiana Tech on Saturday night.

Diesel prices in Louisiana have never been higher. The statewide average for diesel is almost $5.59 a gallon. This comes as the average for regular unleaded gasoline is not close to record territory – currently at $3.85, well short of the record of almost $4.56, set in June of 2022. Don Redman with Triple-A says the United States is a leading exporter of diesel, and it is having to export a lot more, especially to Europe.

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Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says these high diesel prices are also adding to the woes experienced by already-suffering Louisiana shrimpers.

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The bitter legal fight between LSU and the SEC over the eligibility of two football players with recent NFL ties is over for now, with LSU no longer facing the threat of expulsion from the conference. A vote on whether LSU should remain in the SEC is not happening. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says the fact that SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey threatened to kick LSU out of the conference still doesn’t look good.

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An autonomous bus has arrived in Louisiana. The public transit system in Shreveport and Bossier City has acquired one with the help of a federal grant.  The self-driving bus seats 12 and it will be used in Shreveport’s Medical and Entertainment districts. Sportran CEO Dinero Washington says they expect to acquire additional autonomous buses…

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Washington says SporTran will break ground on an autonomous facility next month.

There will NOT be a vote today to expel LSU from the Southeastern Conference. And a federal lawsuit the SEC filed against LSU may not move forward as there has been de-escalation in the legal battle over two players, who were on NFL training camp rosters last month, who then attempted to return to college and play for LSU. LSU president Wade Rousse has informed the SEC that Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris will not play for the Tigers this season.

Quarterback Tyler Shough is getting ready to lead the Saints in Sunday’s season opener against the Lions. Kace Kieschnick has more…

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The Louisiana Department of Health awards more than two-million dollars to U-L Lafayette as part of its initiative to improve health care in rural areas. Almost 1.6-million dollars of that money will go to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The dean of that college, Dr. Lisa Broussard, says the goal is to prepare student nurses to become practitioners in rural areas.

Cut 4 (10) “…that they need.”

Tomorrow is the 25^th anniversary of Nine-Eleven. Mike Foster was Louisiana’s governor at the time and was in Lexington, Kentucky that day for a meeting of Southern governors when two planes flew into the Twin Towers in New York City. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon and another plane went down in Pennsylvania. Governor Foster’s press secretary Marsanne Golsby says she will never forget the concern everyone had…

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State Police drove Foster back to Baton Rouge that day.

Louisiana shrimpers are asking the federal government for help. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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According to Triple-A, the diesel prices in Louisiana have never been higher The statewide average for a gallon of diesel gasoline is $5.58, which is a record high. The price for a gallon of regular gasoline also jumped another four-cents overnight to a statewide average of $3.85 a gallon.

Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the nine-eleven terrorist attacks. Louisiana’s governor at the time was the late Mike Foster, who was in Lexington, Kentucky, on that day for the Southern Governor’s Association Conference. His press secretary, Marsanne Golsby, says they were eating breakfast when the attack began.

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Golsby says the hotel emptied out quickly over concerns it could also be targeted because it was filled with elected officials from multiple states.

The SEC presidents and chancellors are meeting today and no longer on the agenda is a vote to expel LSU from the conference. LSU’s decision not to add Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris to roster after they were on NFL training camp rosters last month has put an end to the legal fight. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says it’s good to see the SEC is no longer trying to remove a charter member of its conference from the league…

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There will NOT be a vote today to expel LSU from the Southeastern Conference. And a federal lawsuit the SEC filed against LSU may not move forward as there has been de-escalation in the legal battle over two players, who were on NFL training camp rosters last month, who then attempted to return to college and play for LSU. LSU president Wade Rousse has informed the SEC that Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris will not play for the Tigers this season.

Quarterback Tyler Shough is getting ready to lead the Saints in Sunday’s season opener against the Lions. Kace Kieschnick has more…

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Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the nine-eleven terrorist attacks. Louisiana’s governor at the time was the late Mike Foster, who was in Lexington, Kentucky, that day for the Southern Governor’s Association Conference. His press secretary, Marsanne Golsby, says they were eating breakfast when the attack began.

Cut 10 (11) “…something like that.”

Golsby says the hotel emptied out quickly over concerns it could also be targeted because it was filled with elected officials from multiple states.

The Louisiana Department of Health has awarded the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a two-point-one million dollar grant that’s part of an initiative to improve health care services and health outcomes in rural communities. The dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Doctor Lisa Broussard, says they will use the money to increase the number of registered nurses prepared to work in rural areas…

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LSU will not be kicked out of the SEC. It appears cooler heads have prevailed after LSU made the decision not to add two players who were on NFL training camp rosters last month to their roster. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says there’s no evidence LSU or coach Lane Kiffin broke any rules and he says it’s ridiculous LSU was threatened with expulsion…

Cut 15 (05) “…really Greg Sankey”

The Louisiana Department of Health awards more than two-million dollars to U-L Lafayette as part of its initiative to improve health care in rural areas. Almost 1.6-million dollars of that money will go to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The dean of that college, Dr. Lisa Broussard, says the goal is to prepare student nurses to become practitioners in rural areas.

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Broussard says grant money will also be used to build an AI based geographic information system to help rural clinics to indicate what services are needed where those services are most needed.

We’re about three weeks into shrimping season, and many Louisiana shrimp boats remain docked. Acy Cooper, the president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, says it’s a sign of troubled times for the industry.

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Cooper says imported shrimp is killing the domestic shrimping industry and he’s written the President urging him to issue an executive order that would put a cap on the amount of imported shrimp that can come into the U-S.

Tomorrow is the 25^th anniversary of Nine-Eleven. Mike Foster was Louisiana’s governor at the time and was in Lexington, Kentucky that day for a meeting of Southern governors when two planes flew into the Twin Towers in New York City. Another plane crashed into Pentagon and another plane went down in a rural area of Pennsylvania. Governor Foster’s press secretary Marsanne Golsby says she will never forget the level of concern everyone had…

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State Police drove Foster back to Baton Rouge that day.