The Red River is now expected to crest in Shreveport at 36.5 feet on Sunday evening, and that’s the highest in 70 years. Mike Steele, with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says that’s major flood stage, so residents need to be aware…
CUT 8 (09) Q: ‘and your family’
Downriver, even the Alexandria area will get some flooding.

The new president of Grambling State University has been announced by the UL System. He’s the Chief of Staff in the Office of the President at Morgan State University -and motivational speaker -Willie “Dynamite” Larkin. Larkin takes over July 1st, and will hit the ground running…
CUT 11 (10) Q: “as well”
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A famous Baton Rouge food blogger and self-taught chef will be competing on Season 11 of Food network Star, which will premier this Sunday. Jay Ducote says-even though he did not attend any culinary schools, he says he is making his pitch based on strong training…
CUT 13 (13) Q: ‘for LSU football’

There’s tailgating for LSU baseball also in anticipation for the huge NCAA Super Regional match-up against UL Lafayette. Standing room only tickets at Alex Box went on sale this morning, and sold out in five minutes. Even though current prices are running at several hundreds dollars each, Allison Salcedo (sal SAY doe) from StubHub says the longer you wait, the better your chances of finding a better price…
CUT 5 (04) Q: “better deal”
First pitch at 7 pm tomorrow night, and it will be on ESPN 2.