“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” is underway and State Police have ramped up patrols looking for drivers under the influence. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman says efforts to curtail inebriated drivers in the bayou state are making an impact.
Recent stats indicate 376 people died in traffic crashes around the country during the Labor Day holiday.
Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Camille’s devastating landfall along the Mississippi coast in 1969. Camille had a limited impact on Louisiana outside of the far eastern coastlines due to it’s unusually small size, but State Climatologist Barry Keim says it was still a memorable event for those in the way…
Camille is thought to be responsible for 259 deaths.
The President’s decision to delay implementing a new 10 percent tariff on a range of items from China likely spares Mardi Gras Krewes higher bead prices. Beads by the Dozen president Dan Kelly says If the tariff schedule had not been moved back to December from September, a majority of the beads available for retail would have been slapped with the increases.
The tariffs would have resulted in a roughly seven percent increase on retail prices.
The Ruston High Bearcats giant, block font R is getting a change after Rutgers University, who holds a similar logo, asked the high school to make a change. Principal Dan Gressett says the university was not mean spirited in their cease and desist request.
Rutgers holds the trademark on the iconic giant red R logo.