Homecoming activities took a fatal turn on the campus of Grambling State early Sunday morning, the second deadly shooting since Wednesday. Brooke Thorington has more.

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LSU is searching for a new football coach after it was announced this will be Ed Orgeron’s last season. Jeff Palermo on who might replace Coach O…

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AARP has a new website tool up and running that is there to assist veterans access health care in the state.  Troy Broussard with AARP-Louisiana says of the more than 300 thousand vets in the state only a fraction have used their VA health care benefits.

cut 3 (11) “….after their service”

The website address for vets to learn about health care benefits available to them is AARP.org/VetsHealthNavigator.

Broussard says the 28-page navigator on the web provides a lot of information about benefits vets may not realize they are entitled to.

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Broussard says the VetsHealthNavigator contains a significant amount of detailed information about benefits available to nearly 60 percent of all veterans.

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An early Sunday morning shooting on the campus of Grambling State leaves one dead and seven others wounded. It’s the second shooting fatality in a matter of days on the campus, prompting a decision to cancel classes today and tomorrow and enforce a curfew. University President Rick Gallot says student safety is their priority.

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A 9:30 PM to 6 AM curfew has also been set until further notice.

The two fatal shootings, Sunday and Wednesday fell during Homecoming week and both fatality victims were not students. State Police has issued an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Jatavious “Rabbit” Carroll of Delhi in connection with the Wednesday shooting and Trooper Michael Reichardt says they continue to investigate Sunday’s incident.

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Homecoming events scheduled for Sunday were canceled along with classes today and Tuesday. Gallot says the school is offering counseling for students and faculty and like other communities, the GramFam is not immune to violence.

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A viral video shows what appears to be young people fighting early Sunday morning and then gunshots are heard off-camera prompting those on campus to flee the scene.

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Now that the coaching future of Ed Orgeron has been decided, LSU begins the search for a new football coach. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says Atheltic Director Scott Woodward will have a lot of candidates to consider…

Cut 9 (12) “..Michigan State.”

Penn State’s James Franklin, Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady, Ole Miss Coach Lane Kiffin, and Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker are among the top names that LSU will consider.

Higgins says LSU is looking for a coach that wins and has no off-field baggage

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USC is the other big-name school that has a vacancy. Higgins says announcing Orgeron’s fate in October should help in the search for his replacement…

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A mounted patrol has returned to Beauregard Parish in southwest Louisiana. Sheriff Mark Herford says the seven-member team has already proven its worth to the community.

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Herford says it’s been about 14 years since they had officers on horseback, with this new group of horses going through training so they perform well when sirens are blaring and large crowds are assembled.

Herford says the mounted patrol is unique to the Beauregard Parish area and talks about the focus of its use.

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Herford says officers have been training with the horses now for several months.

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Drug overdose deaths in Louisiana are way up since the Covid-19 pandemic invaded the state.  Details from reporter Dave Brannen.

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Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy reports he has raised $15-million for his 2022 re-election campaign. More from Kevin Gallagher…:

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When LSU won a national championship in 2019, it seemed like Ed Orgeron would be the coach of the Tigers forever. But less than two seasons later, he’s out. Jeff Palermo has more…

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Shocking statistics from the CDC show that drug overdose deaths in Louisiana shot up by 56-percent between March 2020 and March of this year. Dr. James Patterson, Clinical Director of the Louisiana Addiction Research Center at LSU-Shreveport, blames social isolation during the pandemic for the dramatic increase.

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According to the CDC, predicted drug overdose deaths totaled more than 21-hundred in the one-year period ending this past March.

Dr. Patterson says that a lack of interaction with other human beings during the pandemic has proven costly.

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Dr. Patterson says the impact of social isolation and overdose deaths are reflected in part in the way a large segment of grade school children in Caddo Parish are handling the pandemic.

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Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy reports he has raised $15-million dollars for his re-election campaign in 2022. Required campaign finance reports show Kennedy raised $3.25-million in the 3^rd quarter of this year, and that he has nearly $10-million cash on hand. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the Kennedy figures are (quote) “amazing”….:

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In a press release Friday, Kennedy said “Louisianans continue to humble me with their support” and vows to continue to fight the liberal/progressive agenda. Pinsonat says, with a year before he must run for re-election, Kennedy is so popular with constituents he could quite likely raise another $10-million dollars or more…:

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Pinsonat says a seated senator’s likelihood of being re-elected has a lot to do with the popularity of the man in the White House…:

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(Pinsonat says if Kennedy runs without a highly popular Republican challenger, his chances of another term are quite good.)

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The app LA Wallet is being put to use in another convenient way. Bryan McClinton with the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says that beginning today hunting and fishing licenses will also be displayed on the app.

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LA Wallet is also used to show driver’s licenses and Covid-19 vaccination confirmations.

McClinton says you don’t have to do anything to make sure your hunting or fishing licenses are actually incorporated with the LA Wallet app.

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While you may choose to carry your physical hunting and fishing licenses with you, McClinton says it won’t be necessary from now on as long as you have a registered LA Wallet app on your smartphone.

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Less than two years after a 15-0 season and a national championship, Ed Orgeron is out as head football coach of the LSU Tigers. Orgeron will continue to lead the program for the rest of the 2021 season, while the search for a new head coach is underway. After that glorious 2019 season. Orgeron’s Tigers have gone 9-and-8…

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Orgeron was asked why the program has fallen to mediocrity

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LSU athletics director Scott Woodward says it was time for a new direction based on the on-field results and the evaluation of the potential for future immediate success…

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Orgeron currently has 15 high school football players in the Class of 2022 committed to LSU. He’s already met with two of them and plans to tell all of them to keep their commitment to LSU…

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In LSU’s upset win over Florida, the Tigers got a record-setting performance by junior running back Ty Davis-Price. The junior from Baton Rouge rushed for a school-record 285 yards on 36 carries and also had three touchdowns. Davis-Price credits his o-line…

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LSU rushed for 321 yards, while one of the top rushing attacks in college football, Florida, was held to 138 yards. The defense also forced four turnovers, which resulted in 21 points. Senior linebacker Damone Clark had a game-sealing I-N-T late in the fourth quarter. Clark says a player’s only meeting led by injured defensive end Andre Anthony put the team in right mind frame…

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Louisiana Tech failed to score a touchdown in a 19-3 loss to Texas-El Paso on Saturday. Bulldogs quarterback Austin Kendall threw for 164  yards and he was intercepted three times. Coach Skip Holtz says it was a disappointing performance…

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ULM was a 32.5 point underdog heading into Saturday’s game against Liberty but the Warhawks put out the Flames with a 31-28 victory in Monroe. ULM trailed 14-0 at half but exploded for 28 passes in the third quarter. Chandler Rogers threw two touchdown passes. Coach Terry Bowden says Rogers is figuring it out after signing with the school in the summer

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