After a day of family, food and watching football, many people will look to make a dent in that Christmas shopping list today. Dawn McVea, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, is asking consumers to shop local, especially on Small Business Saturday…
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Small Business Saturday began in 2010 as a way to help local businesses after the Great Recession.

This year we’ve had the great drought, so how has that impacted the Christmas Tree industry in Louisiana? LSU AgCenter research associate Joe Nehlig says many tree farmers irrigated this summer to minimize crop losses…
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Because of the extra watering this year, the cost of Christmas trees maybe a little higher this year.

It’s the golden anniversary of the Bayou Classic. Brooke Thorington has more on how organizers are marking the special occasion.
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And of course you have the game at 1 PM between Southern and Grambling in the Ceasars Superdome.

At 11 AM tomorrow, it’s the regular season finale between LSU and Texas A-and-M. Tiger Rag Editor Todd Horne is expecting a lot of points…
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LSU has scored on its last 13 consecutive drives dating back to the win over Florida.