More beer: LSU is not just top on the college football field heading into Monday’s national championship game but is also No. 1 when it comes to boozing, The Wall Street Journal reports. There is now data to support LSU’s claims of drinking superiority after the first season that the Southeastern Conference allowed member schools to sell alcohol in their football stadiums. LSU fans topped all others each week. Read the full story.
Don’t get towed: LSU fans driving from Baton Rouge to New Orleans should take note of sweeping traffic, parking and crowd control measures being put into place in the days ahead of Monday’s championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, WBRZ-TV reports. There will be numerous no parking zones throughout the French Quarter and around the Superdome, the NOPD says. Check the full parking guide here.
End of an era: When state Sen. Gerald Long exits the Louisiana Legislature Monday it will be the first time in a century the state won’t have someone from the Long family lineage serving in elective political office, The News Star reports. Huey P. Long began the political dynasty in 1918 after being elected to the Public Service Commission, followed by his election as governor in 1928. After Huey P. Long there was his brother and three-time governor Earl Long and a then succession of cousins who also served in Louisiana politics. Read the full story.
