The state has seen a higher-than-normal number of cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria that a person can get from swimming in brackish waters or eating raw oysters. LSU AgCenter seafood extension specialist Evelyn Watts says the Louisiana seafood industry follows strict safety protocols, including cold-chain management. She says white-tagged oysters can be consumed, it means the harvest refrigeration times have been followed…
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The Southern Rail Commission says it is seeing excellent ridership numbers on the new Mardi Gras Amtrak passenger train, which has twice daily service between New Orleans and Mobile. Alabama. There are also stops in Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport and Bay St. Louis. John Spain with the Southern Rail Commission says the Mississippi cities are excited about this train…
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Fares start at 15 dollars.
LSU will host Florida tomorrow night and one of the newest members of the Golden Band from Tigerland is 66-year-old Kent Broussard, a retired accountant, who is a freshman at LSU this fall. Broussard got his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana…
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Once he was accepted a LSU, he tried out for the marching band and he made it. He plays the Sousaphone.
There are new budget flights coming to New Orleans. JetBlue will bring flights to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 1st. Allegiant Air will begin flights to Punta Gorda on November 21st. Looking to head out west? Louis Armstrong International Airport spokesperson Erin Burns….
Cut 8 (07) “…starting February”
Starting in February, Frontier will fly to Dallas-Fort Worth, Baltimore, Detroit and Houston.