Cleanup continues in Tangipahoa Parish more than a month after the explosion at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland that spewed oil and other toxic substances into the Tangipahoa River. Adam Adams, a federal on-scene coordinator with the EPA, says the EPA set up a website to keep the public updated on the cleanup progress.
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Adams says crews have recovered more than five and a half million gallons of waste from the Tangipahoa River and affected ponds
Louisiana has a new area code today. North Louisiana exhausted all of the numbers with a 318 area code so they added the new area code 457. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says you now must dial all ten numbers to make a call in the region, including local calls. There had been optional testing of the 10 number requirement, but Campbell says that expired a month ago; so if you omit the area code, you’ll get nowhere.
September is National Rice Month and ULM and Arkansas State are ending the month this Saturday by playing each other in football and calling it the Rice Bowl. Brice Jones with ULM says the Rice Bowl is a great way to promote the rice industry in two of the country’s top rice producing states.
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The Rice Bowl Rivalry game is Saturday at 2 PM and the winner will take home the Rice Bowl trophy.
The Saints are off to a rough 0-and-3 start, but Coach Kellen Moore says there is still a lot of the season left…
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Owner Gaye Benson was at yesterday’s practice, watching and talking with Coach Moore. New Orleans is at Buffalo this Sunday.