Blue Bell lovers are rejoicing as the creamery announces they’re coming back to Louisiana grocery stores on December 21st. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Several national college football reporters are in disbelief LSU is preparing to fire Les Miles at the end of the season. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the state Fire Marshal’s Office, and local authorities are seeking information on 86 suspected arsons in northwest Louisiana. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says the suspicious fires happened between August 30th and October 21st…
Investigators have determined that a majority of these fires occurred on properties owned by timber company Weyerhaeuser (WARE-hous-er) Industries. Strain says a substantial reward is being offered for information leading to the capture for these arsonists…
A $4,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of these arsonists. He says these fires began in Bienville Parish and progressed into Jackson Parish in northwest Louisiana. Strain says arson is a serious crime that comes with serious penalties…
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Governor-elect John Bel Edwards made his first address since winning Saturday’s election at the annual Louisiana Federation of Teachers convention in Lake Charles. Edwards told teachers that he will insist on a greater accountability of charter schools and push for more autonomy for local school systems…
CUT 6 (11) “accountability system”
Edwards says a recent report in the Advocate newspaper stating that he wants to ban charter schools is not true. He says he has proposed nothing that would really affect an existing charter school. But Edwards says charter school placement should not be a decision necessarily made by BESE…
Edwards told teachers that after he is sworn into office on January 11th, they were going to have a partner in the Governor’s Office. Edwards also stated that he has no intention to take the voucher program off the books, but would seek to steer the program back to its original purpose…
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Blue Bell ice cream lovers are in luck, the creamery is announcing they’re coming back to the Pelican State. Spokesperson Joe Robertson says Blue Bell will begin to restock Louisiana grocery stores on December 21st.
Blue Bell pulled its ice cream from the shelves in April over listeria concerns. The popular ice cream has been coming back in phases over the last few months. Robertson says most of their retail partners have welcomed them back and they’ll be in most major grocery stores. He says currently, they’re only selling five flavors of ice cream.
Robertson says with each phase, they bring back more employees.
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Many in the national media believe it’s crazy LSU would fire Coach Les Miles at the end of the regular season. Miles has won one national championship and 110 games in his eleven seasons in Baton Rouge. Dennis Dodd with cbs-sports-dot-com, says LSU would be making a horrible decision if they axed Miles…
Dodd says it was only three weeks ago when LSU was ranked second in the college football playoff rankings. He says it will be very hard to replace Miles with a better coach…
Miles’ job security came into question last week as a result of a published report that said he was coaching for his job. Athletic Director Joe Alleva has remained quiet.Dodd says Alleva is mishandling this situation…
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