The Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program has offered grant awards for nearly 31-hundred homeowners affected by the floods in 2016, totaling nearly 92-million dollars. Over 38-thousand homeowners have qualified to receive assistance. Office of Community Development Executive Director Pat Forbes says if you haven’t applied yet, there is no risk of running out of this federal grant money…
Surveys show more consumers are expected to shop for holiday gifts online this year compared to shopping at brick and mortar stores. But Ana Searfin Smith with the National Retail Federation says for some shoppers there’s a great attraction to shopping on Thanksgiving night…
Several chain stores are expected to be open tomorrow.
AAA projects that the number of travelers for Thanksgiving holiday will be the highest it’s been in 12 years. Don Molino has more.
Foodborne illness is a real danger during the Thanksgiving holidays. Sarah Lichtman with the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service debunks the common myth that before cooking your turkey it needs to be washed in the sink.