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Scott Rabalais: LSU aims for history with Brian Kelly. He appears to be up to task.

The temperature was 45 degrees in South Bend, Indiana, on Wednesday when Brian Kelly kissed his wife Paqui and strode to the podium in the Lawton Room at Tiger Stadium, a gold LSU lapel pin gleaming against his dark blue suit. Read the full story

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Crime/Police

DCFS and law enforcement 'dropped the ball' in Livingston child sex abuse case, advocates say

In a Louisiana child sex abuse case that has recently prompted public outcry and criminal charges in Livingston Parish, advocates argue the state Department of Child and Family Services failed to adequately protect the victims for years before the recent arrest of alleged abuser John Mack. Read the full story

Courts

Death penalty sought in 2020 killing of BRPD officer; other murder charge dismissed

Prosecutors said Wednesday they will seek the execution of a man accused of killing Baton Rouge Police Lt. Glenn Dale Hutto Jr. during an ambush last year. They also said they would dismiss a separate first-degree murder charge because the victim's wife and stepdaughter in that case will not… Read the full story

LSU

Brian Kelly found ‘alignment’ with LSU, which hopes he can sustain its football program

The word came up throughout Brian Kelly’s introduction. Every time LSU’s new football coach was asked why he left Notre Dame days before the College Football Playoff made its selections, Kelly returned to the way athletic director Scott Woodward persuaded him to take the job: a vision of alignment. Read the full story

Courts

During accused accomplice’s trial, investigator says ex-deputy drugged, raped women

An investigator in a major Livingston Parish sex crimes case testified Wednesday that a former sheriff's deputy drugged multiple women before raping them — and defense attorneys said a woman accused of participating in one of those assaults, who's now on trial, was also drugged at the time. Read the full story

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