It’s not only Tiger fans who are excited about playing in the championship round, bars in Omaha are preparing for even more of the Purple and Gold faithful to arrive. Brooke Thorington has more.
Cut 1 (30) “…I’m Brooke Thorington”
______________________________________
LSU will square off against Florida in the championship round of the College World Series. Jeff Palermo has a preview…
Cut 2 (33) “….I’m Jeff Palermo”
______________________________________
Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law legislation that bans the use of the popular video-sharing app TikTok on government-issued devices and networks. Bill’s sponsor, Marksville Representative Daryl Deshotel says it’s a security issue.
The U-S government approved a ban on TikTok on federal government devices. Plus, over 30 states have banned the use of TikTok on government devices. Deshotel says this policy has already been implemented by many agencies statewide.
The bill would also ban any other app or service developed by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance Ltd, or entities the company owns. Deshotel believes similar apps will continue to be a cyber security concern
__________________________________________________
Saturday, June 24th has been declared “LSU Baseball Day.” Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin made it official with a proclamation in honor of the Tigers baseball team making it to the championship round of the Men’s College World Series. After winning in extra innings last night, Ardoin says he wanted to formally honor the team.
Ardoin is encouraging residents to dress in purple and gold to show their support on Saturday.
And it’s not only a proclamation that Ardoin has issued for the team, he’s says he’s going to place a wager on the series with Florida’s Secretary of State Cory Byrd.
And once the Jell-o Shot challenge is over in Omaha Ardoin says he’s going to honor that victory also.
_______________________________________________
And it wasn’t just Tiger fans who were elated when LSU won last night. Pat McEvoy manager of Rocco’s Pizza and home of the Jell-O shot challenge in Omaha says he along with his staff were thrilled. He says having LSU in the championship round translates into a larger amount of money being spent over the weekend.
McEvoy says LSU fans definitely make their mark at the College World Series. He’s warned this staff that if they think the past week has been busy, things are about to go up a notch.
McEvoy says he’s planning on having t-shirts made with the final tally of the Jell-o shot challenge.
_______________________________________________
Louisiana has seen a week of record and near-record heat for the month of June and forecasters say prepare for some triple-digit heat next week. State Climatologist Barry Keim says for the weekend and through about Tuesday, we can expect more of what we’ve seen the past several days…:
Cut 10 (10) “…to a hundred & ten.”
However, weathermen across the state predict afternoon highs reaching to 100 or more for the last days of June. Keim says heed the few days warning, and be ready for a few scorchers…:
Cut 11 (09) “…five or six p.m.”
Keim says the recent highs in the upper 90’s plus high humidity have already meant “feels like” temperatures of 102 or more. He says be prepared next week for uncomfortable weather…:
Cut 12 (12) “…care of yourself
________________________________________
It was a week ago when the state alerted Louisiana residents with a driver’s license or state ID that their identity may have been comprised as a result of a cyberbreach involving a third party vendor that the state Office of Motor Vehicles uses. GOHSEP director Casey Tingle says they ask the public to remain vigilant…
Tingle says the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has a website, next-steps-dot-la-dot-gov help Louisianans better protect themselves against identity theft…
Tingle says they are recommending that Louisianans can free and unfreeze their credit for free through Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. He also recommends changing all passwords…