Carnival is over, the floats are back in storage, the remaining stock of king cakes are now on sale – and with that, it is the start of Lent – a 40-day period of fasting and abstinence in the Catholic church. New Orleans Archbishop James Checchio says fasting doesn’t always have to refer to refraining from eating food.
Cut 5 (08) “…important things with.”
A growing number of school districts, mainly in rural parishes, are going to four-day weeks. David Claxton, the executive director of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents and Administrators, says whether students attend school four or five days a week, the state law requiring 63,720 minutes of instruction time per school year does not change.
Cut 11 (09) “…five-day week gets.”
Louisiana continues remembering a civil rights icon. Andre Champagne has more on the passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson.
Cut 2 (27) “…I’m Andre Champagne.”
For the first time in 14 years, Allegiant Air is extending non-stop service from Shreveport to Orlando beyond the summer months. Mark Crawford, the airport business and development manager for the Shreveport Airport Authority, says depending on when you travel, you might be able to book each leg of your trip for less than a daily pass to Disney World.