A Rapides Parish child day care center is shut down after children are seen wandering outside the facility. Jeff Palermo has more.
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Louisiana based Raising Cane’s says they plan to open 80 restaurants this year in the U.S. and the Middle East. They are in 23 states now with 360 locations with plans to expand to New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii. In the Middle East, they operate in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. They expect to run 600 stores and employ 35-thousand by 2020.
A biologist at LSU is working to develop biodegradedable beads in a push to stop the environmental damage that occurs after millions of pounds of Mardi Gras beads end up in landfills every year. His solution involves growing large ponds of algae that will develop oils that can be refined into degradedable material. Professor Naohiro Kato says the biodegradedable beads are just like the regular Mardi Gras beads.
Once every few years, holidays important to Louisianans fall in the same week. This year, Mardi Gras will be Tuesday, February 13th and Valentine’s Day will fall on the next day. Erika Burns with the Louisiana Restaurant Association says those who observe Lent will be able to find a multitude of choices among restaurants on Valentine’s Day…