Shrimpers say they had one of the worst fall seasons in years, but there is hope things will start to turn around at the dock. Louisiana Shrimp Association President Clint Guidry says new FDA guidelines calling for 100% screening of imported shrimp before it enters the country should close the competition gap with the foreign shrimp. He says prices were starting to pick up toward the end of the fall season which is a good sign for 2016:
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He says the federal controlling of the imports of shrimp should help local producers.

Louisiana is in for a rainy week leading up to Christmas. There’s even a potential for severe weather including damaging winds, tornadoes, up to five inches of rain, and flash flooding over the next three days. State Climatologist Barry Keim says this system should start to clear Thursday then be gone Christmas day:
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A maintenance worker at a horse farm in Bossier Parish is in jail after he allegedly set off a bomb underneath a home located at that same horse farm. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Bill Davis, says 54-year-old Douglas Holley of Benton was employed at the horse farm for four months and was apparently upset with a veterinarian who lived on the property…
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No one was seriously injured in the incident. Holley faces two counts of attempted first degree murder and one count of manufacturing a bomb.

Governor Bobby Jindal and his family have reportedly closed on their new home at the University Club in Baton Rouge. Filings with the East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court’s Office show the Jindals bought their house for $817,500. Governor-elect John Bel Edwards takes office January 11th.

In sports, the Honey Badger is done for the year. Arizona team officials confirm that former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu tore his ACL in the Cardinals win over the Eagles last night.