Your Christmas tree could be crucial for enhancing the wetlands. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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LSU is back on the gridiron in Atlanta this weekend, hoping to lock in their place in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Two people are under arrest after one of them allegedly skateboarded down the I-210 Bridge outside Lake Charles while the other filmed it. Matt Doyle has the story.
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2019 was an up and down year for Louisiana agriculture, a year marked by trade war sales woes, and the Legislature’s decision to allow hemp production. So what’s 2020 have in store for Louisiana farmers?
Louisiana Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says we’ve hit the 13 billion dollar mark in Ag revenue, and if the trade wars can come to a conclusion next year, we should blast right past that mark.
Strain’s confidence that next year will be a banner year for state ag is backed up by a series of announced plans by major producers in the state to invest in upgraded facilities for 2020…
Strain says if trade deals can get agreed too, we’ll need an aggressive plan in place to facilitate the ensuing increase in demand. They’ve set out three goals…
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Your discarded Christmas tree could be a building block in coastal restoration. Southeastern Louisiana University’s Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station manager Dr. Rob Moreau says using the trees to enhance wetlands has more benefits than putting them into a landfill.
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Moreau depends on volunteers and students to deploy the trees in the Pass Manchac wetlands between lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas.
Moreau says the tree recycling program has become a post-holiday tradition in the time since it was first established.
For more info on drop off times and locations, go to southeastern.edu/turtlecove.
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Only two games stand between the Tigers and a national title. It’s win or go home for the Bayou Bengals as LSU clashes with Oklahoma at the Chick-fila Peach Bowl on Saturday. Coach Ed Orgeron says staying focused is going to be the key to victory in Atlanta.
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QB Joe Burrow says while his Heisman is a big accomplishment, a national championship is much more important to him.
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Safety Grant Delpit says playing on the big stage is something that may play to the benefit or the Sooners, but playing a second game in Atlanta he believes plays more into the favor of the Tigers and he expects to see Tigernation show up.
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Saturday’s kickoff is scheduled for 3PM Central.
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A 26-year-old Sulphur man is facing up to 15 years in prison for allegedly skateboarding down the I-210 Bridge just outside Lake Charles, and getting an accomplice to film it and put it on Facebook.
State Police Trooper Derek Senegal says his office was alerted to the viral video that shows Louis McGlone doing tricks as he sped down the iconic bridge. Senegal isn’t sure what was going through his head…
The video shows a man leisurely skating down the bridge in the late evening, doing tricks and waving at passers-by.
McGlone is in a tough spot for the alleged stunt, and so is 34-year-old Lindsey Hulett of Lake Charles, who Senegal says was right behind him as he sped down the bridge that overlooks a number of local casinos.
Senegal says the two have been charged with Aggravated Obstruction of a Highway of Commerce because the stunt endangered both their lives, and the lives of nearby drivers.