It’s fall and that means it’s time to attend lots of festivals, but it’s also a time to remind people that cooking for crowds complicates food safety. Emelie Gunn has more…
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The University of Louisiana at Monroe now has a doppler weather radar. Kelley Ray has more…
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The Louisiana Department of Health is happy that President Trump has taken a stand in the growing opioid crisis…
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Cooking for crowds greatly complicates food safety as nearly 200 people found out after a bad batch of Jambalaya was served in Caldwell Parish about two weeks ago. LSU AgCenter food safety expert Wenqing(When-sheing) Xu (Shu) says usually we cook for our families, which is around 6 people on a regular basis but during big events hundreds of people are served.
The State Fair of Louisiana and the Louisiana Seafood Festival take place this weekend, where large batches of food will be served. Xu says food borne pathogens naturally exist on raw foods, but if you cook thoroughly, they shouldn’t be a problem.
Xu says it’s important to wash your hands before cooking and then cook meats to the proper temperature by using a food thermometer and it’s also necessary to keep raw meat chilled until use. She advises anyone cooking for a large group to attend her food safety workshop.
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The University of Louisiana at Monroe now has a Doppler weather radar, helping to bridge a gap in identifying severe storms in northeast Louisiana. ULM received a 3-million-dollar grant through the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to acquire a radar to assist weather forecasters. Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science Todd Murphy says…
The radar has already proved it’s worth. Murphy says it assisted the National Weather Service last April in a tornado outbreak…
Not only will it assist the National Weather Service, Murphy says the hands on education under grad students learning meteorology will be one of a kind…
ULM has been the only metrological program in the state for the past 40 years. A third of NWS meteorologists in Louisiana graduated from ULM.
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It’s the talk of Eunice. A Powerball ticket worth 191 million dollars has been sold in the St. Landry Parish town and everyone is trying to figure out who is the newest millionaire. Mayor Scott Fontenot says he found out just like everyone else that his town was the center of the Powerball universe…
Reports say the winner is a regular customer of Brownie’s Shop Rite, but the identity has not been revealed. Fontenot says he hopes the winner will use the money wisely…
Brownie’s will get a nice bonus from the Louisiana Lottery Commission. Fontenot is happy to see them get something good out of the deal…
The lump sum after taxes is estimated at nearly 120-million-dollars.
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President Trump has declared a public health emergency on the growing opioid crisis, calling it a “national shame” and “human tragedy.” He indicated he intends to file a lawsuit against opioid manufactures, something Governor Edwards did last month. Chief of Staff for the Louisiana Department of Health Andrew Tuozzolo says a state law passed this year is working to reduce opioid addictions…
The CDC reports Louisiana is one of 20 states with a significant increase in opioid deaths with 478 fatal drug overdoses in 2014. Tuozzolo says parish coroners are helping the state to determine where most fatal opioid overdose deaths are occurring…
This public health emergency will allow for the prescribing of medicine commonly used to treat substance abuse. Tuzzolo says a particular nasal spray is an effective and valuable tool for someone who has overdosed…
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The best college football game in the state this weekend will likely take place in Hammond where Southeastern Louisiana will host 5th ranked Sam Houston State. Lions Coach Ron Roberts says they are facing one of the best programs on the F-C-S level…
Sam Houston and Southeastern can put points on the scoreboard. The Bearkcats are averaging 45 points a game, while the Lions are only averaging 42 a contest. Roberts says special teams will be a key in this contest…
Roberts hopes his defense can create a few negative plays to slow down Sam Houston’s powerful offense…
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Louisiana Tech looks to snap a two-game losing streak in Houston on Saturday when they face the Rice Owls. The Bulldogs have lost three of their last four games. The three defeats were by a combined nine points. Coach Skip Holtz says his team has not given up on the season…
Rice has just one win on the season, but the Bulldogs and Owls share the same conference record at 1-and-2. Holtz says his team is not in a position to overlook anybody at this point, plus Rice presents his defense with a lot of pre-snap reads…