The new state tourism slogan “Feed Your Soul” is being debuted around the country as part of Mardi Gras celebrations. Kelley Ray spoke with Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser in Washington D.C….
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New Orleans isn’t the only place getting down for Mardi Gras. Matt Doyle takes a look at two other long running Louisiana Fat Tuesday traditions.
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An invasive species known as the apple snail shut down a 220 acre crawfish farm in Acadia Parish. Jeff Palermo on the threat posed by this South American crustacean.
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It’s Fat Tuesday and there’s big parades in south Louisiana and Mardi Gras activities in Shreveport as well, but unfortunately there’s a chance of rain. State Climatologist Barry Keim says you might need a poncho…
Keim says temperatures are expected to reach in the upper 60s in New Orleans, but it will be a little cooler in southwest Louisiana for their Mardi Gras festivites…
Keim says after today we’ll see high temperatures get into the 70s…
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Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser is celebrating Mardi Gras, he’s just not in Louisiana. He’s helping to promote Louisiana’s new travel tourism slogan “Louisiana: Feed Your Soul.” The new brand is being promoted in several states, including the Nation’s capital…
Nungesser says the new branding perfectly typifies the kind of activities travelers can expect to do when they come to Louisiana…
Nungesser says the reaction to the new slogan has been positive and hopes that the internet can be used to further spread the idea of making travel plans to Louisiana…
Atlanta, Dallas and Houston are also participating in helping to roll out the new brand with food trucks and King Cake.
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Over a million visitors will be enjoying Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year, but it’s not the only place to celebrate the last day before Lent. The town of Iowa (I-O-Way) will keep the chicken run tradition alive this year, starting at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Chicken Run Organizer Rodney Victorian says the town has a unique way of celebrating Fat Tuesday.
Victorian says it’s a generations old tradition, started by his family, that brings the community together to celebrate the season with food and family.
After the run is done, gumbo will be served and zydeco will be played to close out the day.
Houma will see some of the biggest celebrations outside of the Crescent City. Four different parades will roll in and around the city, and Houma Visitors Bureau Communications Director Joey Pierce says the quality of floats will be top notch.
Pierce says Houma offers the fun of a New Orleans parade, minus the massive crowds. But while there may not be as many people, there may be just as many beads.
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An invasive species of snail is posing a threat to crawfish harvests. The apple snail is indigenous to South America, and can devour vegetation crucial to the development of Louisiana crawfish. An abundance of apple snail shut down a 220 acre farm in Acadia Parish. LSU Ag Center Agent Mark Shirley says so far, there is no solution to the problem.
The invasion is being blamed on aquarium owners who decided to dump the snails into the water way. Shirley says at the moment, there’s only one thing farmers can do.
The snails can survive drought, host a poisonous parasite, and lay eggs filled with toxins. Shirley says the resilient and slimy snails can rapidly infect a large area.
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The LSU Tigers have another tough test on the road tonight in the SEC as they visit Alabama. The Crimson Tide is coming off a 28-point win over at the time 15th ranked Tennessee. Tigers Coach Will Wade says Bama is playing great….
LSU is coming off an 82-66 victory over Ole Miss. Duop Reath led the way with 26 points. The Tigers lost to Alabama by eight points earlier this season in the PMAC. Reath had five turnovers in that game and Wade says Reath can expect double teams tonight….
Cut 18 (15) “it was a disaster”
Wade says LSU’s best chance to win tonight is to shoot well from the outside…