The big news story this week is Governor Jeff Landry’s new volunteer job as President Trump’s special envoy to Greenland. Mr. Trump has said Greenland is critical to the United States’ national security interests. The arctic island is currently owned by Denmark, but Landry says Greenland could become a better country if owned by the U-S…
Cut 8 (08) “….they actually deserve”
That was Landry on Fox News this week. Greenland’s Prime Minister says they are not interested in being acquired by the United States.
There were two incidents in Louisiana on Christmas Day morning that required significant law enforcement involvement. A two-vehicle crash in St. James Parish resulted in four deaths and two injuries.
Caldwell Parish deputies shot a man yesterday morning to put an end to a hostage situation. Authorities say Forrest Nelson was shot in the head and transported to a local hospital. Officials say he held a woman against her will by using a knife.
2025 has been a difficult year for farmers because of low commodity prices. LSU AgCenter economist Michael Deliberto says optimism that prices will increase in 2026 is low.
Deliberto says Louisiana saw more than a 60-percent increase in corn acreage because of the low price of soybeans. But he says corn prices fell below four dollars last summer.
LSU plays a football game tomorrow night to finally wrap up the 2025 season. The Tigers will take on 21st-ranked Houston at 8:15 in the Kinder’s Texas Bowl. The game will be played at NRG Stadium in Houston, and Tiger Rag magazine editor Glenn Guilbeau says there’s very little buzz surrounding this game.