Category Archives: News
2021 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction class unveiled
The 2021 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction class features one of the best receivers to play for the Saints, LSU's most decorated player on defense, and a college basketball legend. Hall of Fame ...
Sep 17, 2020
Pecan farmer's promising harvest derailed by Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura had a substantial effect on the agriculture industry and Monroe pecan farmer Abraham Lincoln says his nuts were severely impacted. Lincoln says while there are still some nuts in the t...
Sep 17, 2020 Ken Bosma / CC
Haunted Houses OK'd to open under strict COVID restrictions
Haunted Houses will be allowed to open this year but under strict permitting requirements and pandemic health restrictions. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said only 50 people total will be allowed ...
Sep 17, 2020
Technical error results in 7,600 unemployment recipients receiving over payment letters
A technical issue resulted in 7,600 unemployment claimants receiving an erroneous message claiming they owed overpayment money to the state and feds. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoi...
Sep 17, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
LSU officials aim to make game-day experience as positive as possible with spread mitigation efforts
LSU officials address the fan experience at Tiger Stadium this fall. Athletics Director Scott Woodward says the stadium will be at 25% capacity to accommodate social distancing and spectators will be ...
Sep 16, 2020
Half of Cameron Parish homes thought to have been destroyed by Laura
Cameron Police Jury Vice President Scott Trahan estimated more than half of the homes in the storm-ravaged parish were completely destroyed by Hurricane Laura. Trahan said he's been told it could be u...
Sep 16, 2020
Federal judge orders Louisiana to use the summer election plan for fall elections
US District Judge Shelly Dick has ruled against the Secretary of State's election plan that rolled back much of the summer's mail-in balloting opportunities. Dick said the limited absentee access appr...
Sep 16, 2020 Scott Feldstein / CC
Ask The Governor 09-16-2020
You can listen to the latest Ask The Governor here.
Sep 16, 2020
LSU AD Scott Woodward: Orgeron too honest on coronavirus cases, but pleased with how the program is handling the virus
LSU athletics director Scott Woodward is pleased with how the football program is handling the coronavirus. A day earlier, Coach Ed Orgeron said most of the team has had COVID-19, but Woodward says th...
Sep 16, 2020
United Cajun Navy assisting those in the path of Hurricane Sally
The Cajun Navy is assisting in the response to Hurricane Sally, which made landfall Wednesday morning as a slow-moving Category 2 storm near the Florida-Alabama line. Baldwin County in Alabama is repo...
Sep 16, 2020
