El Niño conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific and are projected to intensify, perhaps even into a Super El Niño. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says not only does El Niño produce a quieter Atlantic hurricane season, it can also produce a wetter and cooler winter and spring if it hangs around that long.
Carencro is the fastest-growing city in Louisiana. According to census data released last month, between July 1st, 2020, and July 1st, the city’s population grew by almost 42-percent, adding almost four-thousand people to a population that now tops 13-thousand. Mayor Charlotte Clavier (klah-vee-AAE) says many of those people are coming from coastal communities, where homeowners insurance is exponentially more expensive.
The son of LSU baseball legend Eddy Furniss, Will Furniss, is following in his dad’s footsteps at the College World Series. While he won’t be wearing purple and gold, Will has led Ole Miss to Omaha in his senior season. The first baseman hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to clinch a Super Regional win over Auburn. Eddy says that’s just who he is.
The Rebels’ College World Series run opens Friday night against North Carolina, the fourth-ranked national seed. Ole Miss is 5-and-0 in the tournament so far.
The Coushatta sawmill will be rebuilt after a fire damaged the facility last year. C&C Forest Products will invest 21-million-dollars to modernize the facility with updated equipment and an improved site layout. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year and create 333 new job opportunities in Northwest Louisiana.