Twenty years ago today, thousands of people took shelter at the Superdome before Hurricane Katrina unleashed catastrophic damage across southeast Louisiana. The general manager of the Dome at the time, Doug Thornton, rode out the storm in the iconic stadium and witnessed portions of the roof being torn off. A weary Thornton remembers the helicopter ride out of New Orleans
One reason why the Dome was used as a shelter of last resort, because residents of metro New Orleans only had a couple of days to evacuate from the storm. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says forecasting the track of hurricanes has improved greatly in 20 years…
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There are two college football games in north Louisiana tonight. ULM begins the second season of the Bryant Vincent era by hosting St. Francis, an FCS School from Pennsylvania.
Northwestern State opens the season by hosting Alcorn State. Second year head coach Blaine McCorkle has a scouting report on the Braves…
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Kick-off is at 7 PM In Turpin Stadium.
The 90th annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival gets underway tonight in Morgan City. Festival President Charlie Solar Junior says there will be several events through Labor Day weekend, including a shrimp cook-off Saturday morning.
Solar says all the shrimp sold and consumed at the festival this year will be domestic.