Author Archives: Jeff Palermo
Wallethub finds Stage department stores have the biggest Black Friday discounts
Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year and if you're looking for the best place to get the most for your money, WalletHub has done the research for you. They surveyed close to 8,000 reta...
Nov 29, 2019
Saints win NFC South with Thanksgiving night win over the Dirty Birds
The Saints are NFC South Champs for a third consecutive season as they clinched the division title with a 26-18 win over Atlanta on Thanksgiving night. Taysom Hill set the tone, by blocking a punt tha...
Nov 29, 2019
Black Friday brings out shoppers, but Cyber Monday is a bigger day for buying
The holiday shopping season is underway and the National Retail Federation expects holiday retail sales to increase four-percent over 2018. LSU Marketing Professor Dan Rice says Louisiana retailers ca...
Nov 29, 2019 Holiday Gift Nation / CC
A busy 2019 hurricane season comes to a close
An active 2019 hurricane season comes to a close Saturday. It was a season in which we saw 18 named storms. But State Climatologist Barry Keim says most of those storms never reached hurricane strengt...
Nov 28, 2019
SPCA says some Thanksgiving food is acceptable to share with pets
Your pets may be wanting to get in on some of the Thanksgiving spread, but what foods are okay for them? Louisiana SPCA spokesperson Alicia Vial says there are some foods that are okay, including the ...
Nov 28, 2019 Mike_fleming / CC
Fire Safety Tips For Deep Frying A Turkey
In the south, some people opt to deep fry their turkey for Thanksgiving, but if you aren't familiar with the practice it can be extremely dangerous and has been known to cause severe burns and house f...
Nov 27, 2019
Bossier Parish Sheriff Deputy Rescues Dog Along Interstate 20
With school out for Thanksgiving, Bossier Parish's Sherriff Deputy School Resource Officer Dusty Crenshaw took to patrolling the streets instead of the halls this week. On Monday Crenshaw answered a c...
Nov 27, 2019
Ohio State jumps LSU to number one in the new College Football Playoff rankings
The college football playoff selection committee has dropped LSU to number two and moved Ohio State to number one in the latest rankings. The Buckeyes just beat a top ten team in Penn State. Tiger Rag...
Nov 27, 2019
Thanksgiving Travel Predictions
Across the nation, AAA forecasts over 55 million people are traveling for the holiday weekend, about a 3% increase over last year. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says in the Gulf States region, about 13 ...
Nov 26, 2019 Juan Alberto Garcia Rivera / CC
Food Safety Tips for Thanksgiving
More than 46-million turkeys will be cooked this week for Thanksgiving according to the USDA. The Department of Agriculture wants to encourage food safety so leftovers are all that linger after the tr...
Nov 26, 2019 Mike_fleming / CC
