Concern is growing that if the federal government shutdown continues into November, SNAP recipients will not receive their full benefits for November. SNAP recipients make up almost 20-percent of Louisiana’s population. Executive director of the Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families, Susan East Nelson says if they don’t get those benefits on the first of the month, they will have to scramble just to put food on the table.
LSU football coach Brian Kelly is under intense pressure from the fan base after losing to Vanderbilt on Saturday. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says the coaching staff is not doing its job…
Cut 8 (10) “…good teams”
20th ranked LSU hosts 3rd ranked Texas A&M this Saturday night.
State Fire Marshal’s office says four people died, including a ten-year-old boy, in two separate fires that took place over the weekend. State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ken Pastorick says three people died in a blaze in Avoyelles Parish and 70-year-old man was killed Sunday night in a fire in Houma. Pastorick says the cause of the fires is not known…
Cut 13 (08) “…of these fires”
The LSU Ag Center projects that Louisiana farmers will produce less than 100-thousand acres of cotton this year, which would the smallest yield in recorded history for Louisiana. LSU AgCenter cotton specialist Shelly Pate Kerns says producers have moved away from cotton, because the price they are getting is low…
Cut 10 (11) “…per pound”