Paycheck: Fresh off a historic season and a national championship, LSU has rewarded head coach Ed Orgeron with a six-year, $42 million contract extension, according to Bleacher Report. This marks the second straight year in which Coach O has received an extension from LSU. His deal in 2019 added two years to his contract and increased his annual salary to $4 million. Read the full story.Â
Detour: College Drive will be closed at the railroad crossing near Perkins Road for repairs all day Saturday, WBRZ reports. The alternate route will be Perkins to Acadian Thruway to Interstate 10. The closure will begin at 7 a.m. and continue until 7 p.m. Read the full story.
Merger: SLR, an environmental and advisory solutions firm with a Baton Rouge office, this week announced it has acquired Milone & MacBroom Inc. a 185-person East Coast consulting firm with offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. SLR and MMI’s combined team will now have more than 400 employees in the U.S.Â
