Lane Kiffin reportedly meets with Ole Miss administrators today to discuss his future in Oxford as LSU and Florida are seeking to hire the head football coach that has led the Rebels to a 10-1 season. Christopher Bowen of Bookies-dot-com says Kiffin is the favorite to be the next head coach at LSU, but Ole Miss will pull out all the stops to keep Kiffin in Oxford…

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For the fourth consecutive year, the State Department of Education is reporting an increase in public school and district performance scores. The statewide performance score for this year is 80.9 — up from 75.3 in 2021. State Superintendent Cade Brumley says it’s the highest overall score under the current 150-point system.

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The second round of the Louisiana High School football playoffs begins tonight. Andre Champagne looks at some key non-select matchups.

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The Ragin Cajuns bowl hopes are still alive after holding on to beat Arkansas State 34 to 30 last night. It was a gut check win for U-L Lafayette who was without three starters in the defensive secondary, because of suspensions from a brawl that took place at the end of the Texas State game.

Southeastern Louisiana won the River Bell Classic over Nicholls 38-26 and the 9-and-3 Lions should be in the 24-team F-C-S Playoff field when its announced on Sunday.

With the immigration crackdown in New Orleans approaching, an immigration lawyer is reminding you of your rights, should you encounter a Border Patrol agent. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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We could get more information soon on the future of Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. Kiffin, who has been courted by LSU and Florida for their head coaching vacancies, will reportedly meet with Rebels athletics director Keith Carter tomorrow. Louisiana Sports-dot-net reports Carter is expected to present Kiffin with a comprehensive NIL plan for the program moving forward.

Lafayette Police has arrested two men from Vermilion Parish for beating up a man near a major intersection last month during the middle of the night. The case received widespread attention in Acadiana as the victim, Dustyn Cope, said the attack  was racially motivated. But Sergeant Robin Green says the exact motive is unclear.

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Tristan Frederick and Tynes Chaney, who are both 23, are charged with second-degree battery.

Plastipak Packaging in Rapides Parish has announced a 54-million dollar expansion of its Pineville manufacturing facility. Louisiana Central President and CEO Chris Masingill says Plastipak is a global leader in plastic packaging…

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The expansion will create 15 new jobs, but the expansion also means 340 workers will remain employed at Plastipak Packaging.

With the immigration crackdown in New Orleans approaching, an immigration lawyer is reminding you of your rights, should you encounter a Border Patrol agent. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The state department of education says Louisiana’s statewide performance score has increased for a fourth consecutive year as 21-percent of the state’s schools earned a letter grade of A, 31-percent received a B, while 16-percent received either a D or F.

Lafayette Police have arrested two men from Vermilion Parish after they allegedly attacked a man walking near a major intersection. The incident happened on October 12^th during the middle of the night. The story received a lot of attention as the victim, Dustyn Cope, described what happened to a local TV station. Lafayette Police Sergeant Robin Green says they are glad to make an arrest in this case…

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Tristan Frederick and Tynes Chaney have both been charged with second-degree battery.

LSU is facing a lawsuit from former football coach Brian Kelly, who is demanding that LSU pay the entire 54-million dollar buyout. The LSU Board of Supervisors has scheduled a meeting for tomorrow and the Louisiana Illuminator’s Piper Hutchinson says the lawsuit will be discussed during executive session and we should find out how LSU will respond to this lawsuit…

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A Baton Rouge immigration lawyer is reminding you of your rights should you be approached by a Border Patrol officer during the immigration crackdown operation that will be getting underway soon in and around New Orleans. David Rozas says the right to remain silent extends to everyone in the country, whether they’re citizens or immigrants.

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Rozas says if you do exercise your right to remain silent, you may still be detained, but the grounds for the federal agents to detain you have been playing out in the federal courts.

Lafayette Police have arrested two men from Vermilion Parish for beating up a man near a major intersection. The case received widespread attention in Acadiana as the victim, Dustyn Cope, said the case was racially motivated. But Sergeant Robin Green says the exact motive at this time, however, remains unclear.

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The second round of the high school football playoffs is tomorrow night. Andre Champagne looks at who is on upset alert on the select side.

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Lafayette Police arrest two Vermilion Parish men for allegedly assaulting a man who was walking home from a festival last month. Tristan Frederick and Tynes Chaney, who are both 23, are charged with second-degree battery in the October 12th attack on Dustyn Cope. Sergeant Robin Green says important evidence led investigators to the two men.

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Cope, who is half Filipino, told KATC-TV that he believes the attack was racially motivated, but Green says they found no evidence of that.

The LSU Board of Supervisors has called for a special meeting tomorrow to discuss the lawsuit filed by Brian Kelly against LSU as the former Tigers football coach is seeking his entire 54-million-dollar buyout. Piper Hutchinson with the Louisiana Illuminator says most of the meeting will take place behind closed doors

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The next stop on President Trump’s immigration crackdown is New Orleans. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Police in Abbeville are looking for several people who rode a horse into Walmart store on Saturday. Police Chief Mike Hardy believes the group of horse riders were participating in a nearby trail ride when they decided to trot their horses into the Walmart. Walmart is not happy and they want police to charge these individuals with a crime.

There are reports Ole Miss officials are putting pressure on head football coach Lane Kiffin to decide on his future…is he staying in Oxford or is leaving to take the head coaching job at LSU or Florida. There are also reports that say Ole Miss does not want Kiffin to coach the Rebels in the playoffs. So today, he was asked will he coach in next Friday’s Egg Bowl against Mississippi State…

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Lincoln Parish is mourning the death of Ruston Fire Department Chief Chris Womack, who died at the age of 54 after a brief battle with cancer.  Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker appointed Womack as fire chief in 2015 and says his leadership of that department is unparalleled…

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Three former employees at a Lake Charles Christian school are arrested for allegedly covering up sexual assaults at the school. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Stitch Guillory says there was a culture on the Hamilton Christian football team in which older players would haze the younger players, and it crossed the line into sexual assault. He says Principal Morgan Daugherty and Assistant Coach Dominique Washington knew about the incidents and, as school personnel, were required to report them to law enforcement.

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Also, a school cook, Stacy Bargeman, was arrested for allegedly sending threatening messages about the investigation.

Louisiana is approved for almost 1.36-billion dollars in federal funding to expand broadband internet access. Veneeth Iyengar, the executive director of Connect-L-A, says it’s a major milestone for the state’s GUMBO 2.0 program.

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Ole Miss Coach Lane Kiffin spoke today on the SEC football coaches weekly media teleconference and was asked directly if he will coach the Rebels in the College Football playoffs…

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Kiffin has emerged as LSU and Florida’s top target to be their next head football coach. Although there is a report today that Florida is also meeting with Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall.

Lincoln Parish is mourning the death of Ruston Fire Chief Chris Womack, who died at the age of 54 from cancer. Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker says Chief Womack will be missed…

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Walker says Womack found out just a few months ago he had cancer after the disease was detected because of a new-mandatory state cancer screening for current and former firefighters.

Three former employees at a Lake Charles Christian school are arrested for allegedly covering up sexual assaults involving football players.

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State Representative Chad Brown from Plaquemine has resigned from the Louisiana House of Representatives to become the commissioner of the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. Brown, who is an attorney, was also employed at the Department of Insurance, before he was elected to the House in 2015.