Saturday marks 50 years since Hurricane Camille ravaged the north-central Gulf Coast. Matt Doyle spoke with State Climatologist Barry Keim about the storm’s legacy.
Two people are dead following a small plane crash in New Orleans East this afternoon. Officials indicate the place crashed in a field near Morrison Road and Jordan Road. The scene is under control, but officials are asking residents to avoid the area. The crash is still under investigation.
President Trump’s decision to delay implementing a new 10-percent tariff on products that come from China means that we will not see a mark up in beads for the 2020 carnival season. Beads by the Dozen president Dan Kelly a ten percent tariff would have translated to about a seven percent increase on retail prices for customers. That can really add up for big throwers…
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If the tariff schedule had not changed, a majority of the beads available for retail would have been slapped with the increases.
Ruston High School plans to unveil a new logo next week, because the current block “R” they use is the same one Rutgers University uses, so they’ve asked not to use it anymore. Ruston High principal Dan Gressett says the high school and the university has a memorandum of understanding over the logo’s use, but no one is going to court over the issue.