 BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writer It will be Saturday night in Death Valley when LSU plays Alabama in two weeks. The prime-time game has huge stakes: The winner seizes control of the SEC west, and there are obvious national championship implications. Here's the rundown. And here's how the oddsmakers think the game's going to go.
The man accused of wounding 11 people in a shooting at a fraternity party just off Southern's campus got out on bond twice within the span of a few weeks after domestic abuse and armed robbery arrests. The district attorney calls that fact "absolutely frustrating." He's among the city leaders who have urged judges to stop letting some violent offenders bail out, arguing it lets violence happen on repeat.
Some Livingston Parish bus drivers refused to work Friday, protesting what they say are wages that are too small to live on. Most drivers were back at work this week, but tension is clearly still lingering as the school district grapples with a serious shortage of bus drivers. | 
