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 will get nearly 17-million dollars as part of the termination agreement.

There’s good news for sportsmen. Starting today you can bring up your hunting and fishing license on the L-A Wallet app. L-D-W-F’s Bryan McClinton explains how to do it…
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Drug overdose deaths in Louisiana are way up since the Covid-19 pandemic started. Dave Brannen has the details…
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Classes at Grambling State are canceled today and tomorrow as a result of another fatal shooting on campus. Officials say one person was killed and seven others injured early Sunday morning in the second deadly shooting on Grambling’s campus within a four-day period. The person who was fatally shot Sunday was not a student and authorities have yet to make an arrest in either shooting.

LSU and Football Coach Ed Orgeron have agreed to part ways and this will be Orgeron’s final season as head coach of the Tigers. Since the national championship season, the Tigers have nine wins and eight losses. LSU athletics director Scott Woodward says it was time for a new direction…
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Orgeron says he has no regrets and will receive 17-million dollars as part of his buyout.

The CDC says there were a record 21-hundred overdose deaths in Louisiana from March 2020 to March of this year, a 56-percent increase from the previous 12-month period. Clinical Director of the Louisiana Addiction Center at LSU-Shreveport, Doctor James Patterson says you can certainly blame the pandemic and the lack of interaction with other human beings…
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Louisiana Senator John Kennedy says he’s raised 15-million dollars for his 2022 re-election campaign and has nearly 10-million dollars on hand. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Kennedy is so popular with his constituents he could raise another 10-million dollars or more…
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So far only one announced challenger, Democrat Luke Mixon of Baton Rouge.

The L-A Wallet app 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.

An FDA advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend emergency use authorization for the Moderna booster shot and the FDA is expected to do so in the next few days…
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell tells NOLA-dot-com she’s considering a vaccine mandate for those traveling to the city for Mardi Gras festivities. Cantrell says they may require passengers who land at Louis Armstrong Airport in the two weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday are either vaccinated or test negative for COVID.

Today is the last day to request a free blue tarp from the Army Corps of Engineers to cover up roof damage from Hurricane Ida. The Blue Roof program is active in 25 parishes and Lt. Colonel Paul Stambaugh says thousands have signed up for it…
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To sumbit your Blue Roof application go to B-L-U Roof-dot-u-s.

AAA research has found that vehicles equipped with lane-keeping assistance departed their lane 69-percent of the time when it was raining and test vehicles with automatic emergency braking collided with a stopped vehicle 33-percent of the time in the rain. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says their research also found automatic braking systems have difficulty seeing pedestrians at lower speeds…
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If your vehicle has automatic emergency braking and lane-keeping assistance, AAA warns those safety features might not be optimal during bad weather. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says research indicates you shouldn’t rely on these safety features when the weather takes a turn.
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Redman says this is concerning since many drivers are relying on these features so they can pay more attention to their smartphone.

FDA vaccine advisers are recommending those who received the Moderna vaccine and are 65-and-older or susceptible to severe COVID infection should get a half-dose booster. Doctor Lucio Miele with LSU Health New Orleans previously worked for the FDA and says the Moderna booster advisory is an important step in the pandemic, but also controversial because there are still so many internationally who have yet to be vaccinated…
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Starting October 24th, individuals who have a telephone number with a 337 or 504 area code, will have to dial all ten digits of a phone number to make a call. FCC spokesperson Paloma Perez says it’s because those area codes have phone numbers that begin with 9-9-8. 9-9-8 is three-digit suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline…
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LSU hosts Florida and there is speculation tomorrow could be Ed Orgeron’s last game as coach of the Tigers. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgin says Athletic Director Scott Woodward is not known as someone who makes in-season firings…
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If LSU fires Oregeron in-season, they may have to pay him 20-plus million, 17-million if they wait until December 1st or they could avoid the buyout if they fire him without cause.

Two of our state’s area codes will soon have to dial all ten digits when calling out – even for local calls. Paloma Perez is with the F.C.C. and says the change is to accommodate a much-needed national 3-digit suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. That number will be 9-8-8. She says within the area codes 504 And 337, there are numbers that begin with those three digits…:
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Beginning on October 24th, everyone in the 504 and 337 area code must dial the whole 10-digit number.

Time is running out to order a FEMA-paid-for Blue Roof if your home suffered damage in one of the 25 parishes declared a disaster area as the result of Hurricane Ida.
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Lt. Colonel Paul Stambaugh of the Army Corps of Engineers says the website address is b-l-u-roof-dot-us.

A group of U-S health advisers has recommended to the F-D-A that older Americans and those at risk of severe infection from COVID should get a half-dose Moderna vaccine if they received their first two Moderna shots over six months ago. Doctor Lucio Miele with LSU Health New Orleans says it’s a good idea….
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Today, the same panel will recommend whether certain individuals who received the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine should also get a booster.

AAA research has found that vehicles equipped with lane-keeping assistance departed their lane 69-percent of the time when it was raining and test vehicles with automatic emergency braking collided with a stopped vehicle 33-percent of the time in the rain. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says their research also found automatic braking systems have difficulty seeing pedestrians at lower speeds…
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An FDA advisory committee is recommending a third offering of the Moderna COVID vaccine. Dr. Lucio Miele, Assistant Dean for Translational Science at LSU Health New Orleans says the committee has advised the FDA to give emergency use authorization to the Moderna booster shot which is actually a half dose of the vaccine.
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The panel is expected to discuss today whether a Johnson and Johnson booster vaccine is needed.

Today is the last day for people living in 25 parishes impacted by Hurricane Ida to make a request through the U-S Army Corps of Engineers for a tarp to cover up a damaged roof. Lt. Colonel Paul Stambaugh says requests are still coming in for Blue Roofs…
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For more information visit blue-roof-dot-us.

Louisianans in two of the state’s most heavily populated area codes will have to begin dialing all ten digits when placing calls. Kevin Gallagher tells us why…:
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