Two nonprofits teamed up to find a possible solution to the annual carnival bead trash problem that packs landfills and clogs catch basins. Matt Doyle has the story.
Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham has introduced a bill to allow rural communities direct access to more than two-billion-dollars in FAST ACT grant funding. The money can be used to build better highways, bridges and utilities including broadband internet. Abraham says the money is available for these projects but current FAST ACT dollars are not making it to rural Louisiana…
Some crawfish crazies are heating up over the higher prices and smaller size of the crop this year. LSU Ag Center Professor Greg Lutz says suppliers aren’t trying to rip you off, farmers are just having a hard time finding enough crop after the historic winter to justify pulling their traps. He says the crawfish survived the winter just fine, but the little fellas are just taking some extra time to develop.
Five students from Nicholls State University attending the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute will get a once in a lifetime trip to France to learn from culinary minds at Institute Paul Bocuse (Bo-cuse). Nicholls State has been involved in the program for the last 12 years and Chef Instructor Randy Chermaie says the culinary institute doesn’t let just anybody in…
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