The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana has a new webpage that compiles information about parish efforts to collect and responsibly recycle or dispose of Christmas trees. Five parishes are collecting trees for coastal restoration efforts, a program that CRCL spokesperson Jimmy Frederick says dates back to 1989 when a Dutch LSU grad student studied flood prevention efforts in Holland. He says once planted into the bayou, the trees trap sediment, rebuilding the marsh.
Visit CRCL.org for more information.
Rain is in the forecast today, but the possibility of severe weather exists for tomorrow. C-S Ross with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says north Louisiana is in for a rough ride, but much of the state is under a marginal risk of severe weather on Thursday as the storms move south and to the east…
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Two people are dead following a quadruple shooting in St. James Parish. Authorities were dispatched on Christmas Eve to the Neighborhood Lounge on Main Street in Lutcher. Sheriff Willy Martin says investigators are looking into several suspects, but in the chaos, the shooters got away.
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The deceased are identified as 20-year-old Thaddeus Watis and 23-year-old Dedrick Paul Green, Jr., both of Convent, Louisiana.
The National Retail Federation says expect heavy crowds at shopping centers through the weekend. Of the nearly 7,000 people surveyed, 51% say they’ll be out and about through the end of the year. NRF spokesperson Katherine Cullen says a big chunk of that crowd is shopping today.