The LSU Board of Supervisors names a new president, and the Baton Rouge campus will have a new chancellor as well. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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The Saints were big sellers on this trade deadline day. They traded Rashid Shaheed to the Seahawks for a fourth and fifth round pick in next year’s draft; and just before the three p-m Central deadline, they dealt offensive lineman Trevor Penning to the Chargers for a future draft pick.
Genetic testing from SeaD (“seed”) consulting has shown that all shrimp served at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival in New Orleans came from Gulf waters. The company uses the RIGHTTest to determine whether the shrimp is actually Pacific white shrimp, which is not native to U.S. waters. Founder David Williams says through his efforts, several Louisiana restaurants which had been serving imported shrimp have changed to domestic shrimp.
A Jefferson Parish English teacher gets the surprise of a lifetime today as she received a 25-thousand-dollar Milken Educator Award. Sarah Watkins of Stella Worley Middle School in Westwego was overcome with emotion when she learned that she had won the prestigious national award.