Saturday is the statistical peak of hurricane season, one that remains quiet despite predictions for an above-average season. Whitney Thomas reports..
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Louisiana’s whooping crane introduction program had a successful breeding season as a record high eight wild hatched chicks have fledged and have been added to the state’s population, which is 76. Marsanne Golsby has more.
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Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday at the age of 96, Brooke Thorington has more on Britain’s longest-reigning monarch
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The statistical peak of the hurricane season is Saturday. Surprisingly, this is one of the calmest hurricane seasons Louisiana has seen in a while. NOAA predicted up to 20 named storms, but there have only been five named storms.
State Climatologist Barry Keim says after two super active seasons, it’s nice to get a break
Keim says this year’s hurricane season is actually running behind a normal season.
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Below normal numbers this year stem from the Saharan air layer that blows off the African Continent, which isn’t conducive to storms. Keim says this causes the atmosphere to be more aberrant than usual.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is celebrating a successful breeding season for the endangered whooping crane . LDWF biologist Sara Zimorski says eight more chicks have reached fledgling stage in south Louisiana that’s out of the 15 that hatched….
The first wild hatched Louisiana chick came in April of 2016, the first to hatch in the state in more than 75 years. Zimorski says the eight chicks this year is the highest ever for any of the reintroduction projects nationwide. She says dry conditions may have helped during this breeding season from February until June…
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Louisiana began its reintroduction project in 2011 when ten juvenile whooping cranes were released at the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish. The population is now up to 76. Zimorski says whooping cranes are slow to mature and only lay one or two eggs a year, but she hopes this year’s record is the beginning of a trend.
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Fledglings redefined as a bird that has feathers and wing muscles good enough to fly, but that is still dependent on their mother for food.
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The death of Queen Elizabeth II ends the reign of Britain’s longest-serving monarch. At the age of 25, she succeeded her father, King George VI, after his death in 1952. LSU History Professor Meredith Veldman said even though the royal family no longer governs the United Kingdom…
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Queen Elizabeth’s reign of 70 years bore witness to numerous historic events, but Veldman believes the Queen will be most remembered for her sense of obligation and her auxiliary service during WWII.
And while the Queen also weathered several royal scandals, for example, the fallout from Princess Diana’s death, Veldman says ironically there’s more fascination with the royal family across the pond.
Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96.
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The Apprenticeship Louisiana Conference was held in Baton Rouge yesterday. The Registered Apprenticeship grant program has over 75 different programs offered and over 38-hundred active apprentices in Louisiana, which gives people the option to detour college and jump straight into the workforce. Louisiana Workforce Commission spokesperson Chris Fiore says the program is flourishing…
Fiore says the possibilities are endless being that the program has partnered with multiple businesses that allow workers to collect money while receiving hands-on training.
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The conference that took place was used to discuss ways the program could improve beyond this year.
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Signing up for the program is free. For more information visit apprenticeshipla.com or go to laworks.net.
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U-L Lafayette welcomes Eastern Michigan from the Mid-American Athletic Conference into Cajun Field on Saturday. Just like the Cajuns, the Eagles are coming off week one victory over an FCS School as Eastern Michigan defeated Eastern Kentucky 42-34. U-L Lafayette Coach Michael Desormeaux expects a good challenge tomorrow…
The game will kick-off at 6 PM and the NFL Network will televise the contest. Desormeaux appreciates the national TV exposure…
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Many LSU fans have been critical of the start of the Brian Kelly era after the season-opening one-point loss to Florida State. It was a sloppy performance by the Tigers. LSU wide receiver Jarray Jenkins says the team is not allowing the negative noise affect them…
The Tigers will host Southern tomorrow night. A lopsided game is expected as LSU should win by a large margin. Jaguars Coach Eric Dooley expects his team to battle for 60 minutes…
Dooley says playing LSU is good for the Southern brand…