Brian Kelly’s legal team has filed a lawsuit against LSU in an effort to get the school to pay the former Tigers football coach the full buyout of 54-million dollars. Wilson Alexander is covering the story for The Advocate Newspaper and says the suit claims that LSU is telling Kelly he has not been formally terminated, and they will seek to fire him for cause…

Cut 9 (11)  “…formally terminated.”

If LSU can prove they fired Kelly for cause, then they would not owe Kelly the full 54-million-dollar buyout.

LSU interim head coach Frank Wilson says he is hopeful for junior linebacker Whit Weeks’ return to the field after he has missed the last two games due to a bone bruise.

Cut 18 (15)  “…to be elite.”

The suspensions of seven U-L Lafayette football players for their roles in Saturday’s postgame brawl with Texas State players are not sitting well with Dave Schultz, the host of the Locked On Sun Belt podcast. Schultz notes that it was the Texas State players who started the fight, but the Cajuns got the brunt of the suspensions – including senior safety Tyree Skipper, who was suspended for the rest of the season. Schultz says Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill gave no explanation in how he decided which players to suspend and for how long, including Skipper’s suspension, and he says Gill owes the players, the coaches, the schools and the fans more details.

Cut 14 (09) “…we’re doing it.”

LSU senior cornerback Mansoor Delane has been named as a semifinalist for the 2025 Bednarik Award, which is awarded to the best defensive college football player of the year. Delane has 37 tackles, eight pass breakups and one interception this season.

Brian Kelly is turning to the court system to force LSU to pay him his entire 54-million-dollar buyout. According to the lawsuit, LSU is telling Kelly he has not been formally terminated and that it will seek to fire him with cause. Wilson Alexander is covering the story for the The Advocate newspaper and says according to Kelly’s contract, LSU must inform him that he was fired for cause within seven days after his firing.

Cut 10 (08) “…cause.”

The suspensions of seven U-L Lafayette football players for their roles in Saturday’s postgame brawl with Texas State players are not sitting well with Dave Schultz, the host of the Locked On Sun Belt podcast. Schultz notes that the Cajuns got the brunt of the suspensions – including senior safety Tyree Skipper, who was suspended for the rest of the season.

Cut 12 (06) “…for the season.”

Another application period of the Louisiana fortified roof grant program opens tomorrow and will be open for one week. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple made the announcement yesterday as he announced the installation of ten-thousand fortified roofs in Louisiana. Temple says the procedure is the same as the previous one – it’s a lottery; and if you had registered for a previous lottery, your registration is still active for this next drawing.

Cut 4 (03) “…for the grant.”

The grant program is limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake.

Representative Julie Emerson is inviting businesses to Louisiana looking to relocate from New York City in the wake of that city’s mayoral election. The Carencro Republican says her post is intended primarily to promote Louisiana as a business-friendly state.

Cut 7 (09) “…for our people.”

Former LSU football coach Brian Kelly has filed a lawsuit so he can receive every cent of the 54-million-dollar buyout he is owed. Jeff Palermo has more…

Cut 2 (37) “…I’m Jeff Palermo.”

A Slidell woman is arrested in connection with the death of her five-year-old grandson. Police say 55-year-old Kristen Anders was under the influence of alcohol and central nervous system depressants when she ran over the little boy this morning.

Representative Julie Emerson is rolling out the welcome mat for New York City businesses looking to relocate from the city in the wake of that city’s mayoral election. The Carencro Republican, who chairs the state House Ways and Means Committee, says even though the effects are not yet known since Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has not yet taken office, businesses anxious over his policies are more than welcome to set up shop in Louisiana.

Cut 6 (07) “…to do that.”

On the heels of announcing the installation of ten-thousand fortified roofs in Louisiana, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple announces another round of fortified roof grants. Temple says the application period opens tomorrow morning and will be open for one week.

Cut 3 (05) “…applicants on that.”

This round of grants is once again limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake.

A state representative is rolling out the welcome mat for New York City business owners anxious over that city’s election results. Andrew Greenstein reports.

Cut 1 (29) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

President Trump is floating an idea of using tariff income to give Americans two-thousand-dollar rebate checks. It’s a decision that Trump cannot make unilaterally – it’s Congress which controls the purse strings, and House Speaker Mike Johnson says there may be other options

Cut 29 (09) “…and all that.”

Attorneys for former LSU football coach Brian Kelly have filed a lawsuit in an effort to get LSU to pay his 54-million dollar buyout. The suit alleges LSU is trying to get out of paying the 54-million dollars, because the school plans to make the case that they dismissed Kelly for cause and LSU would not owe the buyout. The Advocate’s Wilson Alexander says it’s unknown what reasons LSU has for firing Kelly with cause, but those reasons would have to be spelled out..

Cut 11 (11) “…messy indeed.”

And the Host of the Locked on Sun Belt podcast, Dave Schultz, believes the Sun Belt Conference needs to provide more information on why seven players from the Ragin Cajuns were suspended for a post-game brawl with Texas State when it was Texas State who started the fight. Schultz says Commissioner Keith Gill should say something

Cut 14 (09) “…doing it”

Brian Kelly’s legal team has filed a lawsuit against LSU in an effort to get the school to pay the former Tigers football coach his full 54-million-dollar buyout. Wilson Alexander is covering the story for the The Advocate newspaper and says the suit claims that LSU is telling Kelly he has not been formally terminated, and they will seek to fire him for cause.

Cut 9 (11)  “…formally terminated.”

Seven U-L Lafayette football players are suspended, including senior safety Tyree Skipper for the rest of the season, for their roles in a postgame fight against players from Texas State. When the Sun Belt announced the suspensions, the conference said it considered the matter closed and would have no further comment. That last line did not sit well with Dave Schultz from the Locked On Sun Belt podcast.

Cut 13 (08)  “…deal with it (2x).”

Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple announces another grant round for the Louisiana fortified roof program. It’s limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake. Temple says this will by no means be the last grant period for the fortified roof program.

Cut 5 (11) “…in coastal Louisiana.”

Temple made the announcement during a celebration of the installation of ten-thousand fortified roofs in the state.

State Representative Julie Emerson is inviting business owners in New York City who are anxious following the results of that city’s mayoral election to set up shop in Louisiana. Emerson says many businesses are relocating to Southern states, which she says have tax policies that are more favorable to businesses; and with the tax reform that the legislature passed last year, Louisiana is ready to join that trend.

Cut 8 (07) “…create jobs here.”

Another application period of the Louisiana fortified roof grant program opens tomorrow and will be open for one week. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple made the announcement yesterday as he announced the installation of ten-thousand fortified roofs in Louisiana. Temple says the procedure is the same as the previous one – it’s a lottery; and if you had registered for a previous lottery, your registration is still active for this next drawing.

Cut 4 (03) “…for the grant.”

The grant program is limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake.

Representative Julie Emerson is inviting businesses to Louisiana looking to relocate from New York City in the wake of that city’s mayoral election. The Carencro Republican says her post is intended primarily to promote Louisiana as a business-friendly state.

Cut 7 (09) “…for our people.”

The suspensions of seven U-L Lafayette football players for their roles in Saturday’s postgame brawl with Texas State players is not sitting well with Dave Schultz, the host of the Locked On Sun Belt podcast. Schultz notes that it was the Texas State players who started the fight, but the Cajuns got the brunt of the suspensions – including senior safety Tyree Skipper, who was suspended for the rest of the season, in effect ending his collegiate career.

Cut 12 (06) “…for the season.”

Schultz says Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill owes the players, the coaches, the schools and the fans more details.

Representative Julie Emerson is rolling out the welcome mat for New York City businesses looking to relocate from the city in the wake of that city’s mayoral election. The Carencro Republican, who chairs the state House Ways and Means Committee, says even though the effects are not yet known since Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has not yet taken office, businesses anxious over his policies are more than welcome to set up shop in Louisiana.

Cut 6 (07) “…to do that.”

On the heels of announcing the installation of ten-thousand fortified roofs in Louisiana, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple announces another round of fortified roof grants. Temple says the application period opens tomorrow morning and will be open for one week.

Cut 3 (05) “…applicants on that.”

This round of grants is once again limited to those who live in the coastal zone, as well as in Lake Charles, Sulphur and Westlake.

Two Louisiana football programs are being punished for their involvement in fights in their respective games. Andre Champagne has more.

Cut 2 (35) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”

A middle school student in Lafourche Parish is facing charges for allegedly sharing explicit photos of female classmates created with artificial intelligence. The investigation was opened back in August after some boys shared some of those images, which led to an altercation on a school bus. Additional arrests are possible.

The LSU-Brian Kelly saga has worked its way to the courtroom. The Tigers’ former head football coach has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, demanding his full 54-million-dollar buyout after the school fired him October 26th. Kelly claims in his lawsuit filed in East Baton Rouge Parish that LSU is trying to claim that it fired him for cause and is trying to get out of paying him anything.

LSU is not the only Louisiana school dealing with college football drama. Seven U-L Lafayette players are suspended following a postgame altercation with Texas State. Senior Tyree Skipper is suspended for the rest of the season, while the others are suspended for one game each. Head Coach Mike Desormeaux says the fight put a damper on the mood in the locker room after the win.

Cut 11 (08) “…you’d like to.”

Also, 18 Grambling players are suspended for their role in a fight against Bethune-Cookman.

At least there’s no drama in Louisiana high school football going into the playoffs, which start this week. North DeSoto is the top seed in the division two non-select bracket. Spencer Verett with the LHSAA Network says the Griffins have a really good team, but there’s also Iowa, Franklin Parish and Lakeshore; and defending champ Cecilia is a 13-seed.

Cut 14 (10) “…in this one.”

LSU’s School of Information Studies is marking this Veterans Day with a 91-thousand-dollar grant aimed at preserving the records of Vietnam-era military veterans. Dr. Edward Benoit, the interim director of S-I-S, says the two-year planning project will create a program for librarians, archivists and Veteran Service Organizations to help those veterans document and preserve those records.

Cut 4 (07) “…of that nature.”

On this Veteran’s Day, LSU’s School of Information Studies is using a 91-thousand-dollar grant to preserve records of Vietnam-era military veterans. Dr. Edward Benoit, the interim director of S-I-S, says the Virtual Footlocker Project 2, will create digital copies of the records

which will benefit the veterans and their families.

Cut 6 (11) “…copies for themselves.”

President Trump is floating an idea of using tariff income to give Americans two-thousand-dollar rebate checks. It’s a decision that Trump cannot make unilaterally – it’s Congress which controls the purse strings, and House Speaker Mike Johnson says there may be other options for using that tariff income.

Cut 7 (09) “…and all that.”

Football players from two Louisiana universities are facing suspensions after fights at weekend games. The SWAC suspended 18 Grambling State players with 9 Bethune-Cookman players and fined Grambling 40 thousand dollars. Bethune-Cookman is fined 20 thousand. Grambling Head coach Mickey Joseph

Cut 12 (14) “…the right spirit.”

The Sunbelt suspended seven UL Lafayette players and six Texas State players.

The Louisiana High School football playoffs start Friday. In the non-select brackets. In Division One, Ruston and Neville are the top two seeds. Spencer Verrett with the LHSAA Network says these district rivals played each other in October, and it was one of the best games of the year.

Cut 13 (08)  “…was a classic.”

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is notifying passengers who were on a flight with a person with a confirmed case of measles.  LDH says a public exposure occurred at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport: Concourse B beyond the security checkpoint on Sunday, November 9 between 5 and 8:30 pm. One confirmed case in an adult living in Region 9 (Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes). The person was not hospitalized but remains in isolation until no longer contagious. Measles is highly contagious and can remain in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves. This is the third case of measles reported in Louisiana this year.

Two Louisiana football are in trouble for fighting at football games. The Sun Belt Conference has suspended seven UL-Lafayette and six Texas State football players after a postgame altercation Head coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-moe) defended his players.

Cut 10 (13) “…to have to.” 

The SWAC is suspending 18 Grambling State and Bethune-Cookman players for a brawl after halftime on Saturday.

The LSU School of Information Studies is marking this Veterans Day with a huge grant to preserve Vietnam-era military records. Andrew Greenstein reports.

Cut 1 (33) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

The Louisiana High School football playoffs start Friday. Jena is the number one seed in Division Three non-select. Sterlington is the defending champ and the two seed. LHSAA Network’s Spencer Verrett says the bracket is loaded with several great teams.

Cut 15 (11) “…for a reason.”