The American Farm Bureau Federation found Louisiana is home to the second-cheapest Thanksgiving dinner in the country this year. Kace Kieschnick reports…
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DCFS is taking steps to strengthen operations at its Child Safety Response Center. Jeff Palermo reports.
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The season started with LSU fans dreaming of the College Football Playoff. It’s ending with LSU fans dreaming of Lane Kiffin. Andrew Greenstein talked with Tigers fans to gauge their confidence in LSU’s ability to lure the Ole Miss head coach to Baton Rouge.
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The price for a Thanksgiving dinner in Louisiana is the second-lowest in the U.S. according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Louisiana Farm Bureau spokesman Avery Davidson says the average cost for a classic 11-item meal for approximately ten guests is $44.70.
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The cost is down three dollars from last year, but Davidson says some prices have dropped while others have risen. Turkey was the biggest faller along with stuffing, but the cost of ham, sweet potatoes, and vegetables are up.
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Davidson encourages Louisianians to remember farmers this Thanksgiving. Farmers receive just 9-point-one cent of every dollar spent on food, and their share of an average Louisiana Thanksgiving dinner is just five-dollars.
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DCFS is addressing concerns about response times at its Child Safety Response Center. Secretary Rebecca Harris says the department has received reports about delays in the ways that it receives complaints about child maltreatment. Harris says while the department strives to handle phone calls and online reports quickly, urgent situations should always be phoned in.
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That said, Harris says the processing time for online reports, which had averaged more than 24 hours earlier this year, is now less than an hour. And hold times on the phone have also gone down significantly.
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Harris says the health and welfare of children throughout the state is the top priority at the department.
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Drone Institute announced a 340-thousand-dollar expansion of its Lafayette headquarters set to be complete by June of next year. CEO George Femmer says the project will consolidate drone operations, data processing and pilot training into one facility.
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The company and development is estimated to produce nearly 14-hundred new jobs over the next ten years, many of which Femmer says will be high paying.
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Louisiana offered Drone Institute an incentives package including a 300-thousand-dollar performance-based grant to assist in building renovation costs in order to secure the project. Femmer says he’s been glad to call Lafayette home and invest in its future.
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Construction will begin by the end of this year and Drone Institute training and operations will continue during the multi-stage renovation plan.
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The Lane Kiffin watch is on in a big way in Baton Rouge. This past Friday, Ole Miss said in a statement that an announcement about Kiffin’s future with the university would be made this Saturday, one day after Friday’s Egg Bowl matchup against in-state rival Mississippi State. Later that night, reports surfaced that LSU was working to finalize a 90-million-dollar offer for Kiffin to lure him to Baton Rouge – with the full blessing of Governor Landry. Those two developments have LSU fans excited.
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One fan says he can read between the lines of Ole Miss’s statement, interpreting that as meaning the Egg Bowl will be Kiffin’s last with the Rebels.
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One fan says the contract LSU is finalizing is way too good for any coach to pass up.
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Florida is also hot on Kiffin’s trail, working very hard to lure him to Gainesville. Amid all the uncertainty, the one given is that the college football world – especially fans in Baton Rouge, Gainesville and Oxford – will have their eyes glued to social media Saturday for definitive word on where Kiffin will be going, if anywhere.
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Instead of playing for a berth in the SEC Championship Game and a spot in the College Football Playoff, LSU ended its 2025 home schedule by squeaking by Conference USA opponent Western Kentucky, 13-10. LSU didn’t take the lead until a minute and a half before halftime when Trey’Dez Green caught an 11-yard pass from Michael Van Buren for the Tigers’ only touchdown. After the game, Interim Coach Frank Wilson gave credit to the Hilltoppers’ defense.
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Van Buren completed 25 out of 42 passes for 202 yards and that one touchdown. He was also intercepted once. Harlem Berry was LSU’s leading rusher with 82 yards. LSU improves to 7-and-5 and wraps up its regular season Saturday against Oklahoma in Norman; kickoff is at 2:30.
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Louisiana Tech is bowl eligible as the Bulldogs earned their sixth win of the season on Saturday with a come-from-behind win over Liberty, dousing the Flames 34-28 in overtime. Tech trailed by three touchdowns in the third quarter to pull off the biggest win in Sonny Cumbie era…
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Quarterback Trey Kukuk sparked the rally and he did it with his legs. Kukuk had 31 yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter and a 29-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter to tie the game. Kukuk says the players wanted to win this game for Cumbie and the coaches…
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The Saints made three trips into the red zone against the Falcons on Sunday, but only managed three points in a 24-10 loss to Atlanta. Kicker Blake Grupe missed two field goals. And in the third quarter, the Black and Gold failed to score a touchdown after getting the ball to the one-yard line. Coach Kellen Moore says they didn’t get it done on offense…
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The only touchdown for the Saints came in the second quarter, when Justin Reid returned an interception for a touchdown. The loss drops New Orleans record to 2-9. Reid says they are not giving up on the season…
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The Saints are at Miami this Sunday.