A couple was trapped in their home overnight after a dead tree fell on their home in the Hammond area during the severe storms Wednesday night. The tree shifted the house making it impossible for the residents to get out. Fortunately, no one was injured and the next morning, neighbors and relatives were able to clear a path so the couple could get out of the house through a window. Earlier reports out of Tangipahoa Parish showed no major damage to homes.
Crude oil prices have surpassed 90-dollars a barrel and the statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has reached $3.23, according to Triple-A. The International Energy Agency is releasing 400-million barrels of oil from strategic reserves, but LSU Center for Energy Studies director Greg Upton says that will not help with gas prices, instead it will ease short-term supply disruption…
The McNeese men’s basketball team is going dancing for a third straight year. Joe Gallinaro has the story…
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The commissioner of agriculture and forestry is sounding the alarm over the lack of crawfish peelers in the state. Mike Strain says this is because the Department of Homeland Security has stopped processing H-2B applications for skilled guest workers, preventing them from coming back.
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Strain says these guest workers are doing the work for upwards of 18 dollars an hour; and it’s work that Americans will not do.