Not what you wanted to hear, but Louisiana is in for a rainy week leading up to Christmas. There’s even a potential for severe weather including damaging winds, tornadoes, up to five inches of rain, and flash flooding over the next three days, according to State Climatologist Barry Keim. He says this system should start to clear Thursday then be gone Christmas day:
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He says the rain is due to a slow moving cold front settling over the state today.

As the fall shrimp season comes to a close, many shrimpers and seafood dealers say this has been a terrible year for the industry. Louisiana Shrimp Association President Clint Guidry agrees, but says there are reasons to be hopeful. He says a resurgence of imported shrimp led to some of the lowest prices ever seen at the dock…
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He says recently passed legislation to better control the importing of shrimp should help.

A Bossier Parish man faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly trying to blow up a home in Benton. Jeff Palermo has the story..:
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In sports, 3 Louisiana college baseball teams are ranked in Collegiate Baseball’s preseason poll. UL Lafayette is 6th, LSU is 7th and Tulane is 19th.