Category Archives: News
Terrebonne Parish Still Recovering From Ida On This Thanksgiving
On this Thanksgiving Day, some three months after Hurricane Ida, places like Terrebonne Parish remain in recovery mode. A snapshot of the situation there from parish president Gordon Dove shows "peopl...
Nov 24, 2021
Hundreds Helped By Hurricane Ida Sheltering Program Thus Far
The state's Hurricane Ida Sheltering Program is continuing to move forward with more than 13-hundred travel trailers already placed in the hardest-hit parishes for those affected by the storm, noting ...
Nov 24, 2021
Christmas tree farmers say they are off to a busy start this season
Christmas Tree Farmers say they're already off to a busy start with more people decorating earlier this season. And to meet the demand Kevin Steele of Steele's Christmas Tree Farm in Washington Parish...
Nov 24, 2021 Rex Roof / CC
GOP lawmakers oppose LDH proposal for student COVID shots mandate
Republican state legislators are voicing opposition to a Department of Health proposal to require COVID-19 shots for kids to attend schools. The mandate would apply only to age groups approved by the ...
Nov 24, 2021 Guido Hofmann / Unsplash
Celebration Gator makes Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade debut with John Batiste performing
Louisiana's first entry in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will make history Thursday as the longest float in the parade. Lt Governor Billy Nungesser said Celebration Gator, a 60-foot-long float, w...
Nov 24, 2021 Celebration Gator courtesy of Lt. Gov Billy Nungesser
Triple-A Predicts 53-Million Traveling For Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving holiday travel crunch is upon us with experts predicting more than 53 million people will hit the air, roads and waterways to share the love and dinner with others. That's up 13 perce...
Nov 23, 2021
Louisiana Marks Second-Largest Seasonal Over-The-Month Increase Since 1990
Louisiana is marking its second-largest seasonal over-the-month increase in employment in decades. That's the word from Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates who says the ongoing recovery from Hurr...
Nov 23, 2021
Governor Edwards, Attorney General Landry At Odds Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Students
The Louisiana Department of Health is proposing to add COVID-19 vaccines to the list of required shots for some students. It's a move Governor John Bel Edwards supports. "It would be totally, I think,...
Nov 23, 2021
Cruise Business Expected To Come Back Strong In 2022 At Port Of New Orleans
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wane, the cruise business is picking back up in places like New Orleans. Jessica Ragusa, communications director with the Port of New Orleans, says next year shou...
Nov 23, 2021
Biden orders 50 million oil barrels be released from strategic reserve, some say too little too late
President Biden orders 50 million barrels of oil to be released from the strategic reserve in an effort to reduce energy costs. LSU Center for Energy Studies, Executive Director David Dismukes said th...
Nov 23, 2021
