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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Louisiana Supreme Court: Ex-wife of former LSU coach gets $8.13M in settlement
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Former LSU head coach 'Ed' Orgeron's ex-wife was awarded $8.13 million of Orgeron's settlement with the university. The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of Kelly Orgeron. She sued to claim a portion of Orgeron's $16.9 million settlement after his contract with LSU was terminated without cause in 2021. She argued that the terms of the settlement were made during their marriage, making it community property. In Louisiana, community property refers to assets acquired during a marriage and is owned equally by both spouses. In the event of a divorce or the death of a spouse, the property is divided. The Court emphasized that the binding term sheet and employment agreement were in effect as of January 14, 2020, before the divorce filing. Orgeron filed a request with LSU to alter the effective date of the Binding Contract from Jan. 14, 2020, to April 23, 2020. The Court viewed this as 'an audacious, nearly fraudulent attempt to move the effective contract date away from that which had been created and existed during the community property regime.' Kelly will be given $8,134,500, or half of Orgeron's settlement. Read the full opinion below. Orgeron-LawsuitDownload Man with prior human smuggling arrest accused of impersonating ICE agent: police Karen Read gets movie deal for murder trial adaptation: Reports Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution Gavin Newsom suing Fox News for $787 million 6 Americans detained in South Korea for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Arch Manning Q&A: Life as Texas' QB1, advice from Matthew McConaughey and more
THIBODAUX, La. — You'd think LSU's starting quarterback would be recognized walking into a Walmart less than an hour away from Baton Rouge. That didn't happen Thursday. But patrons recognized the person Garrett Nussmeier walked in with … Arch Manning. While professing his love for Nussmeier on Friday after a boiling hot first day of the Manning Passing Academy, Manning exposed how the two quarterbacks and camp counselor roommates left their dorm rooms at Nicholls State the night before on a Walmart run. Advertisement When asked if no one in Thibodaux knew who they were, Manning humbly said shoppers asked for pictures, but 'it was good.' By the end of the Friday's interview session, Nussmeier had been asked four times about the duo's excursion to Walmart. It wasn't exactly the topic Nussmeier thought he'd be asked about repeatedly. 'Everybody keeps asking me about Walmart,' Nussmeier said with a smile. 'It's just a typical Louisiana Walmart. There wasn't a lot of things on the shelves. But we got what we needed and we got out. Just picking up some bedding, things like that.' Who paid? 'Dude, the dude pulled his card out,' Nussmeier said. 'I'm like, 'Give me your Venmo, bro!' We've got it settled now. But all right, Arch. Is that what we're doing?' And back to the 'being recognized' part: When asked if they were recognized, Nussmeier bluntly said, 'He was!' 'This is hilarious. This is the first time in Louisiana where this has kind of happened,' Nussmeier said. 'We were just laughing. (People) come over, 'Hey Arch! Arch! Can I get a picture?' I'm just sitting in the background like 'Hey guys!'' Was Nussmeier asked to take the picture? 'No, but that would've been hilarious,' Nussmeier said. 'I would've LOVED to take the picture!' Thursday's Walmart experience encapsulated Manning's life as the most recognizable college athlete in the country. So how prepared is he for everything that comes with being the next Manning quarterback? 'Who knows? I think I'm ready. Just be prepared,' Manning said. Amid the backdrop of the longtime mid-summer football camp with grandfather Archie, uncles Peyton and Eli and father Cooper, Arch sat back and fielded questions for the 30-minute media session without another notable quarterback within shouting distance in Thibodaux or Austin: former Texas starter Quinn Ewers, whose departure has cleared the way for Arch to start this season. Advertisement Here's a selection of questions Manning answered from reporters during Friday's session: What's your first memory of the Manning Passing Academy? I grew up as a young kid, like 4 or 5 years old, just kind of hanging around with my dad. And then I was a camper. I think I started camping when I was going into seventh grade, staying in the dorms with all my buddies, playing 7-on-7. Being around guys like Jake Fromm and Trevor Lawrence, my counselors. So it's been fun all the way up. Now being a coach, it's been a blessing. It's a family reunion, so it's been fun every summer and I look forward to it each year. Have your camp duties changed? Have they made you get footballs through the years and then you graduated? I've gone from waterboy to camper to coach. So I've climbed the ladder. How are you managing the sky-high expectations this year? Yeah, I'm just doing what I can to control what I can control. I'm not really worried about what other people think. Just get my job prepared. And when it's time to go play, go play. You're used to playing and you've had to work behind Ewers and now you're the guy that's going to be starting. How have you handled that and learned throughout the way? Yeah, I've learned a lot, a lot about myself. Picked up a lot from Quinn's game and just how he handled everything, whether it was on the football side of it, the mental piece, the media. And just take bits and pieces and try to add my game. I learned a lot over the last two years. I'm blessed I had that time to grow as a person and a player. What's it like to be a student at Texas? I drive to class because classes are far away. But the parking tickets, it's crazy. But everyone's super nice, especially when we're winning. Class is good. I like going to class, change it up. Get out of the facility a little bit. New scenery, so it's been good. It's been an awesome experience. Advertisement How many parking tickets? I've got a few parking tickets. I've got to Venmo my dad because he gets them. How often do you get stopped when you do walk around campus? A pretty good amount just because we've got passionate fans, but you know that's what you signed up for and just got to deal with that. What's the weirdest interaction you've had? I've got a bunch. I would say probably holding someone's pet (a dog) for a picture. How do you kind of know what you need to work on with only limited game action? I think we do a good job of getting game-like reps in practice. So the coaches are on us and constantly getting better and continue to grow and grow as a leader, which I'm trying to do right now. So it's a constant grind of getting better. You've been a public figure pretty much since eighth grade. How do you think about that? I don't think about it at all. I just go about my daily life. I'm just a normal guy, have fun, hang out with the fellas, play football. Can you actually be a normal guy? Yeah! Hell yeah! That's a good thing about Austin. It's not like Ty Simpson or Gunner Stockton in Alabama and Georgia (respectively) where the town rallies around it. I can go to parts of Austin where no one really cares about me, which is nice. What are some of the things you have worked on to gear up for Week 1 at Ohio State? I think especially this offseason, just my leadership skills and getting the guys to rally around me and play for me and serve them. … You're a little bit behind the scenes trying to talk to guys 1-on-1 (when Ewers was the starter). But this year, it's nice. You're full-throttle and be the guy and I'm blessed to be in this position. Family aside, who do you watch? Who do you study? Which quarterbacks do you kind of take bits and pieces from? I watch a lot of Joe Burrow and Josh Allen. Those are my guys. Obviously (Patrick) Mahomes. I like to take bits and pieces of everyone and I like watching the other guys, other great players. … I remember watching Josh Allen when he was at Wyoming here. And he could throw it 75 yards. … Joe Burrow, he's got all the swag and the style. I don't think I've got as much as him. Advertisement You haven't even been a Week 1 starter, but people are saying you can be the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft next year. How do you process that? Deal with that? Yeah, I really don't pay much attention to anyone, what they think besides my coaches, my parents and some close friends that will tell me the truth. But I'm not worried about what other people think. I'm just going to go out there and have fun and play my game. What's your relationship like with your grandfather (Archie)? We're really close. He came over the house all the time, went to all my practices in high school. He texts me every single morning, no matter what. He's just the perfect role model for me and such a great guy, and this camp kind of shows the person he is. … Yeah, he texts all the grandkids every morning, motivational Bible verse. And then he'll text me, 'How did practice go?' I get a lot of texts from him (laughs). He can't hear well, so he has to text. If you go out in Austin, how many picture requests do you get? A few. It depends on the night, but I stay pretty low key. … I had to get used to it a little bit. I've actually talked to Matthew McConaughey about that. He's given me some advice. He's been great to have in my corner. … He just told me different ways on how to handle things in different situations. He's way more known than I am, so it's good anytime you get advice from him. … He kind of told me you still have to live your life. He says he goes to the grocery store, walks down every aisle and he lives his life. You can't let you taking a picture or signing an autograph affect your life. What do you feel like is the best thing you're doing right now on the field? I don't know because whenever I think I've got a handle on something, the next day I'll throw three picks. So I like to kind of right in the middle. … You feel like then you've got to be the JV quarterback and you're not even starting varsity. You've just got to stay level.
The Drive
21 hours ago
- Automotive
- The Drive
Big Rig Clips Bucket Truck Leaving Worker Dangling For Dear Life
The latest car news, reviews, and features. A technician servicing a traffic light had a horrible day at work this week when a semi-truck thwacked the bucket they were suspended over an intersection in, leaving them dangling upside-down over the pavement. Somebody's dash cam captured the scene perfectly. The worker was lucky enough to escape without major physical harm, but I doubt they'll be excited to go back up in one of those buckets after this. The video clip is pretty dramatic. The incident occurred in Denham Springs, Louisiana, which is a little east of Baton Rouge. The clip has been uploaded to all kinds of YouTube channels and Facebook groups, apparently originally uploaded to Facebook by Bill Atkinson: Local ABC news channel WBRZ talked to the Denham Springs Police Department and reported that 'the worker suffered only minor injuries and was not taken to the hospital because they had a harness on.' I never thought about those guys having safety harnesses, but now that I'm seeing this clip, of course, it makes sense. The investigation, and whether or not any charges will be filed, are pending. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has to get involved because the traffic light in the video is operated by the state. Looks like the service crew was either from a local agency or a third party, though. The markings on the work trucks don't look like LaDOTD ones. 'I don't know how that truck could have made that turn without hitting one pole on one side without hitting the truck,' East Baton Rouge Parish Director of Transportation Fred Raiford told WBRZ . The outlet shared Raiford's comments on safety as well: 'Anytime people is working in the roadways, there's signage that's required or there's barricades saying this part of the lane will be closed.' Apparently, lane closures are not always required by policy for certain road work situations, though. As far as I can tell, the big rig driver and the road crew share the blame for this one. Anyone driving anything should be aware of the space their vehicle occupies, especially commercial drivers. The person running that big rig is responsible for the airspace that the top of the cab and trailer take up. That said, putting somebody in a bucket over an open lane of traffic seems nuts to me. Why the heck would you not put signs and cones out to keep vehicles from driving under the person working up in the harness? I'm guessing that's the question the Louisiana DOT will be pondering when they investigate the incident. At least the person up there had their harness on. Be careful out there, sometimes there can be things to crash into where you don't expect them! Got a tip? Drop us a line at tips@
CNN
a day ago
- CNN
Video: Electrical worker knocked upside down by turning semi-truck
Dashcam footage captured the moment a semi-truck hit an electrical worker servicing a traffic light near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The driver, who was working in the bucket of a lift truck, sustained minor injuries, according to the Denham Springs Police Department.
CNN
a day ago
- CNN
Video: Electrical worker knocked upside down by turning semi-truck
Dashcam footage captured the moment a semi-truck hit an electrical worker servicing a traffic light near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The driver, who was working in the bucket of a lift truck, sustained minor injuries, according to the Denham Springs Police Department.
