Saints Quarterback Drew Brees is on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated. The headline says its time to rethink Drew Brees and it also says please stop calling Brees an underdog. Writer Greg Bishop calls Brees one of the greatest quarterbacks, if not the greatest, who’s ever lived.

The Pelicans lost their fourth straight last night as they fell to Boston 124 to 107. New Orleans turned it over 22 times and that led to 32 points for the Celtics. Anthony Davis played with a bad hip, but still scored 27 points and 16 rebounds. New Orleans hosts Washington tomorrow night.

The LSU Tigers have dropped out of the Top 25 polls after losing two games in Orlando. The Tigers lost in overtime to Florida State and then fell to Oklahoma State 90-77 in the third place game of the AdvoCare Invitational . Coach Will Wade’s team returns to the court Saturday to host Grambling State.

Tonight….Northwestern State hosts longtime rival ULM. The Demons have won the last two games in this series.

LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron believes the SEC will do the right thing regarding the postgame scuffle involving Texas A&M. Jeff Palermo has the story…
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

Where will the LSU Tigers go bowling. Most of the projections have the Tigers either in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta or the Outback Bowl in Tampa. A new college football playoff ranking comes out tonight.

The Sun Belt announces the loser Saturday’s Championship game between the Cajuns and Appalachian State will play in the 2018 AutoNation Cure Bowl in Orlando on December 15.

LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron believes the SEC will do the right thing regarding the postgame scuffle involving Texas A&M. Jeff Palermo has the story…

Cut 1 (31) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

Early voting numbers for the Secretary of State’s election run-off set for December 8^this off to a rough start. JMC Analystics Pollster John Couvillon says early voting numbers are down compared to the 2016 Senate run-off.

Cut 9 (12) “primary.”

The Supreme Court sides with a St. Tammany landowner who argued a portion of his land was wrongfully deemed critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog, by forcing the lower courts to re-evaluate their previous decision. The landowner’s lawyer, Mark Miller says previously, lower courts ruled in favor of US Fish and Wildlife’s broad lee-way to set aside land for certain species.
 Cut 6 (08) “…the frog.”
The West Monroe Police Department have arrested a person of interest during the course of a suspicious death investigation.  31-year-old Shomari Clemons facing charges of mutilating, disinterring the human remains of his grandmother.  Sgt. CJ Beck says Clemons could not state how the deceased received the postmortem injuries.

Cut 13 (12) “…the medical examiner.”

LSU Coach Ed Orgeron says some unprofessional acts occurred after the seven overtime loss to Texas A-and-M. Coach O spoke with the ESPN Radio show Off the Bench in Baton Rouge , New Orleans and Alexandria. Video shows a credentialed member of the Aggies staff shoving Kragthorpe during what should have been a postgame hand shake. Kragthorpe has Parkinson’s Disease and a pacemaker and Orgeron says that should not have happened.

Cut 3 (07) “…they will”

Early voting numbers for the Secretary of State’s election run-off set for December 8^this off to a rough start, with a huge drop off relative to the historic participation levels in the last mid-term. The race pits Republican Kyle Ardoin, Democrat Minister Gwen Collins-Greenup. JMC Analystics Pollster John Couvillon says party affiliation makes this race easy to call.

Cut 11 (11) “…the primary”

The Supreme Court sides with a St. Tammany landowner who argued a portion of his land was wrongfully deemed critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog, by forcing the lower courts to re-evaluate their previous decision. The landowner’s lawyer, Mark Miller says the decision is a win for citizens’ rights when challenging unjust federal decisions on both ends of the political spectrum, by allowing citizens to take their critical habitat cases up with lower courts.
Cut 8 (11) “…to challenge.”

The West Monroe Police Department have arrested a person of interest during the course of a suspicious death investigation.  31-year-old Shomari Clemons facing charges of mutilating, disinterring the human remains of his grandmother.  Sgt. CJ Beck says Clemons appears to have made cuts to one of the body’s arms.

Cut 12 (13)   “…under that statute.”

A West Monroe man is accused of cutting on the body of his dead grandmother.  Kevin Barnhart has the story.

Cut 2 (32) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”  

Early voting for the Secretary of State’s election run-off set for December 8^th is off to a slow start. JMC Analytics Pollster John Couvillon says the 31,000 early votes in the first two days are likely due to the fact that most folks aren’t even aware that there is an election less than two weeks away.

Cut 10 (10)   “…as well”

The run-off features Republican Interim Secretary Kyle Ardoin and Democratic Minister Gwen Collins-Greenup.

The Supreme Court sides with a St. Tammany landowner who argued a portion of his land was wrongfully deemed critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog, by forcing the lower courts to re-evaluate their previous decision. The landowner’s lawyer, Mark Miller says they’ll get to state their case that making the land livable for the frog would be an undue burden.

Cut 7 (05) “…and capricious.”

Wildlife and Fisheries argues that the land, which is just across the border from where the frogs currently reside in Mississippi, will be crucial for the future survival of the species.

LSU Coach Ed Orgeron says some unprofessional acts occurred after the seven overtime loss toTexas A-and-M. Coach O spoke with the ESPN Radio show Off the Bench, saying the post game confrontation that resulted in LSU Analyst Steve Kragthorpe getting shoved in the pacemaker once the only thing wrong with the night…

Cut 4 (11) “…for LSU.″

LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron believes the SEC will do the right thing regarding the postgame scuffle involving Texas A&M. Jeff Palermo has the story…

Cut 1 (31) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

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A West Monroe man is accused of cutting on the body of his dead grandmother.  Kevin Barnhart has the story.

Cut 2 (32) “I’m Kevin Barnhart”  

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LSU Coach Ed Orgeron says some unprofessional acts occurred after the seven overtime loss toTexas A-and-M. Coach O spoke with the ESPN Radio show Off the Bench in Baton Rouge , New Orleans and Alexandria. Video shows a credentialed member of the Aggies staff shoving Kragthorpe during what should have been a postgame hand shake. Kragthorpe has Parkinson’s Disease and a pacemaker and Orgeron says that should not have happened.

Cut 3 (07) “…they will”

The videos that surfaced show a man, identified as Texas A&M undergraduate manager Cole Fisher, the nephew of Aggie Coach Jimbo Fisher, shoving Kragthorpe in the chest. Orgeron still feels like they got the short end of the stick on several controversial calls made by the officials…

Cut 4 (11) “…for LSU.″

But Orgeron says while there were bad calls that went against his team, the game could have still been won

Cut 5 (10)  “…execute better.” 

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The Supreme Court sides with a St. Tammany landowner who argued a portion of his land was wrongfully deemed critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog, by forcing the lower courts to re-evaluate their previous decision. The landowner’s lawyer, Mark Miller says previously, lower courts ruled in favor of US Fish and Wildlife’s broad lee-way to set aside land for certain species.

 Cut 6 (08) “…the frog.”

The land is owned by Edward Poitevent, who owns tens of thousands of acres in the area, 1,600 of which has been designated as critical habitat.

Wildlife and Fisheries argues that the land, which is just across the border from where the frogs currently reside in Mississippi, will be crucial for the future survival of the species. Miller and his clients disagreed, because the land would first have to be terraformed…

Cut 7 (05) “…and capricious.”

The Poitevent family has owned the property since reconstruction.

Miller says the decision is a win for citizens’ rights when challenging unjust federal decisions on both ends of the political spectrum, by allowing citizens to take their critical habitat cases up with lower courts.

Cut 8 (11) “…to challenge.”

The decision was unanimous, 8-0, with Justice Kavanaugh not participating due to not having been confirmed at the time of the hearing.

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Early voting numbers for the Secretary of State’s election run-off set for December 8^this off to a rough start, with a huge drop off relative to the historic participation levels in the last mid-term. JMC Analystics Pollster John Couvillon says early voting numbers are down compared to the 2016 Senate run-off.

Cut 9 (12) “primary.”

Couvillon says the 31,000 early votes in the first two days are likely due to the fact that most folks aren’t even aware that there is an election less than two weeks away.

Cut 10 (10)   “…as well”

The race pits Republican Kyle Ardoin, Democrat Minister Gwen Collins-Greenup. Couvillon says party affiliation makes this race easy to call.

Cut 11 (11) “…the primary”

Ardoin is the Interim Secretary, who took over the job after his boss, Tom Schedler, resigned amidst a sexual harassment scandal, and Collins-Greenup is an East Feliciana Minister who shocked analysts by beating out the endorsed Democratic Party candidate.

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The West Monroe Police Department have arrested a person of interest during the course of a suspicious death investigation.  31-year-old Shomari Clemons facing charges of mutilating, disinterring the human remains of his grandmother.  Sgt. CJ Beck says Clemons appears to have made cuts to one of the body’s arms.

Cut 12 (13)   “…under that statute.”

Beck says Clemons could not state how the deceased received the postmortem injuries.

Cut 13 (12) “…the medical examiner.”

Beck says Clemons had a troubled past saying Clemons stated he learned how to make cuts similar to the one on the body’s arm while at LSU studying to mummify chickens.

Cut 14 (06) “…things like that.”

LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron believes the SEC will do the right thing regarding the postgame scuffle involving Texas A&M. Jeff Palermo has the story…

Cut 1 (31) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

Early voting numbers for the Secretary of State’s election run-off set for December 8^this off to a rough start. JMC Analystics Pollster John Couvillon says early voting numbers are down compared to the 2016 Senate run-off.

Cut 9 (12) “primary.”

The Supreme Court sides with a St. Tammany landowner who argued a portion of his land was wrongfully deemed critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog, by forcing the lower courts to re-evaluate their previous decision. The landowner’s lawyer, Mark Miller says previously, lower courts ruled in favor of US Fish and Wildlife’s broad lee-way to set aside land for certain species.
 Cut 6 (08) “…the frog.”

The West Monroe Police Department have arrested a person of interest during the course of a suspicious death investigation.  31-year-old Shomari Clemons facing charges of mutilating the remains of his grandmother.  Sgt. CJ Beck says Clemons had a troubled past saying Clemons stated he learned how to make cuts similar to the one on the body’s arm while at LSU studying to mummify chickens.
Cut 14 (06) “…things like that.”

LSU Coach Ed Orgeron says he feels like they got the short end of the stick on several controversial calls made by the officials after the seven overtime loss to Texas A-and-M on Saturday night.
Cut 4 (11) “…for LSU.″
But Orgeron says while there were bad calls that went against his team, the game could have still been won.

The West Monroe Police Department have arrested a person of interest during the course of a suspicious death investigation.  31-year-old Shomari Clemons facing charges of mutilating, disinterring the human remains of his grandmother.  Sgt. CJ Beck says Clemons could not state how the deceased received the postmortem injuries.
Cut 13 (12) “…the medical examiner.”

Congressman Ralph Abraham says he’s introducing badly needed legislation to get help to Louisiana soybean farmers who are suffocating in the trade war.

Cut 3 (30) “…Matt Doyle”

Here’s a look at your commodities…

The Supreme Court sides with a St. Tammany landowner who argued a portion of his land was wrongfully deemed critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog, by forcing the lower courts to re-evaluate their previous decision. The landowner’s lawyer, Mark Miller says previously, lower courts ruled in favor of US Fish and Wildlife’s broad lee-way to set aside land for certain species.

Cut 6, 8 seconds, the frog

In his first public comments since video and pictures were released of a postgame scuffle following the Tigers seven overtime loss to Texas A-and-M, Coach Ed Orgeron calls LSU analyst Steve Kragthorpe a good man. Video shows a credentialed member of the Aggies staff shoving Kragthorpe, who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease…

Cut 3 (07) “…they will”

The videos that surfaced identified Cole Fisher, the nephew of Aggie Coach Jimbo Fisher, shoving Kragthorpe in the chest.

The West Monroe Police Department have arrested a person of interest during the course of a suspicious death investigation.  31-year-old Shomari Clemons facing charges of mutilating, disinterring the human remains of his grandmother.  Sgt. CJ Beck says Clemons appears to have made cuts to one of the body’s arms.

Cut 12 (13)   “…under that statute.”

Beck says Clemons could not state how the deceased received the postmortem injuries.

Congressman Ralph Abraham says soybean farmers are having issues with accessing the Market Facilitation Program, originally designed to help farmers, because of the recent congestion with crop elevators.  He says the only step being take right now, is a bill that he’s pushing that alters the payment structure for the MFP.

Cut 10 (13)   “…recoup their losses.”

Abraham says at $5 million, the package to help soybean farmers he’s pushing is small in the bigger picture.

A trial begins today in St. Martinville that challenges the level of freedom oil companies have to seize private land while building pipelines..
Cut 2 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron said today during an interview with ESPN Radio in Baton Rouge hat what happened to LSU Steve Kragthorpe following the A-and-M game should not have happened. He hopes the SEC does the right thing about itl. Kragthorp, who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease was shoved by a Texas A-and-M staffer identified as the nephew of head coach Jimbo Fisher.

According to Your Local Security, 17-hundred Louisaina residents were victims of scams in 2017 and Louisiana seniors lost over 3-point-4 million dollars in scams last year. Your Local Security spokesperson Cassie Tolhurt says if you get a phone call to donate money, take the proper precuations to verify who is on the other end of the call…
cut 5 (10) “….they will not mind”

US Representative Ralph Abraham is trying to get assistance for soybean farmers who soybean farmers who have either harvested their crop or let the crop die in the field, because there was no place to ship them because of the Chinese tariffs. Abraham says he wants these producers to receive financial help from a program called the M-F-P….
cut 12 (12) “…make this happen”
Abraham says the USDA told soybean farmers they would have their backs during trade negotiations.