The state’s Hurricane Ida Sheltering Program is continuing to move forward with more than 13-hundred travel trailers already placed in the hardest-hit parishes for those affected by the storm.
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That’s GOHSEP acting director, Casey Tingle, who says the state purchased nearly 2100 of the trailers under the program announced by Governor Edwards in early October because FEMA’s temporary housing plan was taking too long
According to Triple-A, Thanksgiving travel is up to 13-percent and law enforcement is concerned the increase in travel could lead to a large number of motor vehicle crashes and they are cracking down on drunk driving this holiday weekend. Trooper Ross Brennan says those caught driving under the influence will be arrested…
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Christmas Tree farmers say there are plenty of pick and cut trees from Louisiana growers even though Ida did leave her mark this summer on local growers. Kay Gersch of Yawn Station Christmas Tree Farm in Livingston Parish says most of their trees had to be re-supported.
Farmers say they are expecting a busy year with more people decorating earlier.
Thousands of families are cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving tomorrow. To make sure your bird is properly cooked, USDA food safety expert Meredith Caruthers says poke a food thermometer in three different places of the turkey…