For the second time in three years, the Louisiana Office of Tourism has won the 2016 State Tourism Office of the Year by the Southeast Tourism Society. Lt Governor Billy Nungesser says they are always working on creative ways to promote the state. He says Louisiana has one of the most unique cultures in the US…:
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He says they’ve created a series of YouTube videos featuring different places in the state to go as part of their Go.See.Eat campaign.

Two Louisiana chefs are travelling to Japan today to cook gumbo for the US Ambassador of Japan and promote Louisiana products. Caroline Kennedy, who owns restaurants in New Roads and New Orleans, says they’ve been trying to find out what ingredients they can find in Japan and which ones they’ll have to bring with them…:
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has seized an Acadia Parish woman’s spider monkey and she’s fighting to get her pet back. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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Baton Rouge Police say they’ve arrested a man who become out of control and, wearing only underwear, tried to attack police before ramming a cop car into a mobile home. They say 35-year-old Jeremy Saylor, who is suspected to have been under the influence of the synthetic drug Mojo, displayed “superhuman strength” and got into a police vehicle, tried to run the officers over then rammed it into a mobile home.