LSU legend Skip Bertman passed away early this morning at the age of 88. Bertman led LSU Baseball to five College World Series titles and 11 trips to Omaha and hired four national championship-winning coaches as Athletic Director. Former LSU pitcher Ben McDonald says Bertman transformed LSU into the greatest baseball program in the country.

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Bertman produced 41 players who reached Major League Baseball. One of them was Todd Walker, who ended up in the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Walker remembers he was a little intimidated by Bertman when he showed up on campus as a freshman after LSU won the 1991 national championship and never knew his relationship with Skip would grow immensely…

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This could be the hottest weekend of the summer. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says an area of high pressure in the Gulf of Mexico will drive up temperatures and humidity levels.

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As for the tropics, Keim says forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are keeping an eye on a pair of disturbances in the Atlantic, but neither one is expected to impact us here.

Louisiana’s new NIL and Athlete Agents website is officially live on the Attorney General’s website. It provides information about Louisiana’s NIL and athlete agent laws, registration requirements, resources and more, all in one place. A-G Liz Murrill urges high school students to check it out…

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Visit A-G-Liz-Murrill-dot-com-slash-page-slash-athlete-agents.

Louisiana is mourning the death of Skip Bertman, LSU’s legendary baseball coach passed away this morning at the age of 88. One of Bertman’s best players, Ben McDonald, says Skip taught him a lot about baseball and life…
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Many consider Bertman the greatest college baseball coach of all time, winning five national championships in the 1990s.

The Ochsner Transplant Institute has surpassed an impressive milestone, more than ten-thousand organ transplants. The institute’s director, Doctor Ari Cohen says their work has extended the lives of thousands…
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Restaurants – especially those which specialize in salads – are going the extra mile to ensure their produce is safe amid the cyclospora outbreak….
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A 15 member task force examining how Louisiana distributes billions of dollars to public schools held its first meeting yesterday. Governor Jeff Landry and legislative leaders want this group to come up with plans on how the state can increase teacher pay.

Legendary LSU baseball coach and Athletic Director Skip Bertman died at the age of 88 early this morning. Kace Kieschnick reports.

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Elon Musk’s private jet landed at Lafayette Regional Airport fueling the rumors that Space X is planning to build a rocket-launching spaceport in coastal Vermilion Parish near Pecan Island. A helicopter was also seen flying over Pecan Island after Musk’s private jet touched down in Lafayette.

Louisiana is losing film industry jobs at an alarming rate. A new report from Giggster says since 2024 Louisiana had the highest percentage of decline in film industry jobs.  IATSE (eye-AT-zee) Local 478 Business Agent Simonette Berry says we’re not just competing against California and Georgia anymore.

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At one time, Louisiana offered one of the best film tax incentives the world.

Amid the cyclospora outbreak, restaurants – especially those which specialize in salads – are going the extra mile to reassure diners that their produce is safe. Scott Henderson, CEO of Lafayette-based Salad Station, says whereas the lettuce responsible for the outbreak was imported from Mexico, his company’s lettuce is not imported from any foreign country.

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Another Louisiana sports icon has left us. Legendary LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman passed away early this morning at the age of 88. Bertman took an LSU baseball program with very little fan interest and made it a dynasty as the Tigers won five national championships in the 1990s. Tiger Rag Editor Glen Guilbeau wrote Bertman’s biography, Everything Matters in Baseball…

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Bertman also served as LSU’s athletics director from 2001 to 2008.

LSU cornerback DJ Pickett has said he’s not changing his number, he’s wearing number five, despite Heisman Trophy quarterback Jayden Daniel’s disapproval. Koki Riley of the Advocate spoke with Pickett’s dad and the family appreciates Lane Kiffin sticking by them and honoring LSU’s promise he would wear number five, but there’s also disappointment.

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The cyclospora (SIGH-kloh-SPOR-uh) outbreak has resulted in some people avoiding lettuce. That’s not good for Scott Henderson’s business, who is the CEO of the Lafayette-based Salad Station. Henderson says the company has been in close contact with all of its suppliers throughout the entire ordeal.

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Henderson says the lettuce responsible for the outbreak was imported from Mexico and the Salad Station gets its lettuce from the U-S producers.

A new report from Giggster says Louisiana had its highest percentage of a decline in film industry jobs since 2024, at more than 32-percent.  IATSE (eye-AT-zee) Local 478 Business Agent Simonette Berry says to remain competitive in the film arena, Louisiana needs to do what it can to keep pace with the film tax credits that other states and other countries are offering

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An attorney for LSU Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels sent a cease-and-desist letter to LSU asking the school to stop using his name, image and likeness after the Tigers issued his number-five jersey to sophomore cornerback DJ Pickett. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says has a point…

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Coach Lane Kiffin said Pickett was promised the number five by the  previous coaching staff during his recruitment, and he wanted to honor that promise.

A former police officer accused of plotting a mass shooting at Jazz Fest back in April is a free man after a grand jury declines to indict him. 45-year-old Christopher Gillum was released from jail on June 30th after Attorney General Liz Murrill dropped the charges against him. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino says while Gillum is off the hook for now, that doesn’t mean he’s completely out of the woods.

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The Louisiana Public Service Commission will not require Meta to provide exact numbers on how many people will work at the AI data center in Richland Parish and how much energy it will use. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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A 69 year old Opelousas man is dead after police say he was attacked by two dogs early yesterday morning. Authorities say Horace Brooks was walking down South Court Street just after midnight when Kimberly Faulk arrived home with her dogs.  Authorities say Faulk’s been charged with negligent homicide.

Former LSU Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels is not happy that his number 5 has been reissued. His attorney has sent the school a cease and desist letter demanding that the school stop using his name, image and likeness. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says it may not be entirely Lane Kiffin’s fault, this is just another controversy for a coach steeped in it.

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Kiffin spoke today about the controversy and stands by what he said last week and that is Pickett was promised by the previous coaching staff that he will wear number five at LSU. Pickett gave his own brief statement…

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Daniels released a statement that said he hopes his team and LSU can work this out privately.

A former police officer who was allegedly plotting a mass shooting at Jazz Fest earlier this year quietly had the charges against him dropped back in June. A grand jury in Louisiana declined to indict 45-year-old Christopher Gillum for terrorizing, after he was found at a Florida hotel in April with a handgun and several rounds of ammunition. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino on what happened here

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Several members of the public testified in front of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, urging the panel to require Meta to provide more details on permanent jobs for the data center in Richland Parish and how much energy it plans to use…

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Meta has said the data center will create one-thousand permanent jobs and the tech giant has said it will pay for its own power.

Former LSU Quarterback Jayden Daniels feels disrespected that another LSU player will wear the number five jersey this season. Joe Gallinaro reports a cease-and-desist letter has been sent to the university asking the school to stop using his name, image and likeness.

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Daniels has released a statement which says he has a lot of gratitude for his time at LSU. He goes on to say, obviously there are issues that had to be worked out between his team and LSU and hopes they will get done privately.

A former police officer accused of plotting a mass shooting at Jazz Fest back in April is a free man after a grand jury declines to indict him. 45-year-old Christopher Gillum was released from jail on June 30th after Attorney General Liz Murrill dropped the charges against him. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino says while Gillum is off the hook for now, that doesn’t mean he’s completely out of the woods.

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On a three to one vote, the Louisiana Public Service Commission votes not to follow a judge’s recommendation that Meta should be required to provide exact job numbers and how much energy it plans to use for its massive data center in Richland Parish. Several members of the public urged the P-S-C to require Meta to release this information, including Democratic congressional candidate Rubia Garcia.

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