A study shows 34 percent of Louisiana high schoolers drink and 8 percent use injectable drugs, the highest rates in the nation. Matt Doyle has more…
The US Army Corps of Engineers has begun to close the Bonnet Carre Spillway. This year marks the first time the spillway has had to be opened twice in one year, with the current opening lasting 74 days. Corps spokesperson Matt Roe says the decision to begin closure comes as the river levels have seen a downward trend.
LSU believes it has set the standard with its renovated football operations building that includes a new training room, players lounge, cafeteria and locker room. Equipment manager Greg Stringfellow says each player’s locker features a pod as a chair that folds out into a bed, allowing a player to take a nap
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The 23-million project also includes a new performance nutrition center that will serve healthy and delicious meals.
The state’s sugarcane crop is on track for another successful harvest, despite the impact of Hurricane Barry that delivered anywhere from three to fourteen inches of rain across the sugarcane belt. LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois says there were some pockets of flooding from rainfall and storm surge that needed some attention.
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Gravois expects mills to open for processing around September 17th, an early start date because of this year’s large crop.