A Jefferson Parish English teacher gets the surprise of a lifetime today as she received a 25-thousand-dollar Milken Educator Award. Sarah Watkins is an eighth grade English language arts teacher at Stella Worley Middle School in Westwego and was overcome with emotion when she learned that she was a recipient of this prestigious national accolade.
Genetic testing by SeaD Consulting has confirmed that all shrimp sold at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival in New Orleans came from Gulf waters. Founder David Williams started the venture a year ago to test shrimp served in restaurants to find out which ones were serving imported shrimp. He says through his efforts, restaurants are starting to switch to domestic shrimp, and that’s helping the local shrimping industry.
Cut 4 (08) “…to respect themselves.”
The number-five ranked LSU women’s basketball team begins their season tonight as the Tigers host Houston Christian at 7 p.m. Andre Champagne has more.
Cut 23 (32) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”
And now, a look at today’s commodities.