Labor Day Weekend gas prices are down 40 cents a gallon from where they were last year, and down 16 cents in just the last month alone. AAA Fuel Analyst Don Redman says this time last year we were paying about 2.60 a gallon during one of the busier times for road traffic. He notes for Gulf South states those low numbers aren’t necessarily comforting though.
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Louisiana’s current statewide average is 2.19, while the national average is 2.58 a gallon.
Morgan City’s Shrimp and Petroleum Festival ramps up this weekend with a packed schedule full of fun rides, live music, live wrestling, and all the jumbo shrimp you could ever want…
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That’s Executive Director of the festival Darby Radcliffe who says the festival is entering it’s 84th year.
All eyes are Hurricane Dorian as the storm grows into a category three, with predictions calling it a category four before it makes landfall in southeast Florida. State Climatologist Barry Keim says all bets are off if it crosses the tip of Florida Monday night/Tuesday morning and enters the Gulf of Mexico instead of heading north.
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Hurricane Katrina followed a similar path on it’s way to devastating the north-central Gulf Coast.
ULM sells out its new Grove tailgating area ahead of their season opener against Grambling State on Saturday. ULM Athletic Director Scott McDonald says the new area on the east end of Malone Stadium will have electricity, water, and room for RVs on game day.