As people across the state head to their local places of worship to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday, a Shreveport church is offering ashes to go. Scott Carwile reports…
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Abita Brewing Company announces their craft-brewed root beer is now available in cans. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A Baton Rouge company has developed what they call a smart fabric to help diagnose head injuries to football players during games. Michelle Southern reports.
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As people across the state head to their local places of worship to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday, a Shreveport church is offering ashes to go. Christ United Methodist Church will offer “Drive By Ashes” to accommodate those who’s schedules won’t allow them to make their full church service. Associate Pastor Kelly Berne says this is an event has done well…
The church began offering this service in 2011 and Berne expects over 100 people drive through today. She says there will be tables set up in the church parking lot and all you’ll need to do is drive up…
She says this is an opportunity for people to connect with God and the church without having to leave their car. The “Drive By Ashes” will be offered from 11AM to 1PM and then from 2PM to 4PM. Berne says this is just another way to minister amid today’s hectic lifestyles…
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Today is the start of the Lenton season and many people will be totally giving up meat for the next 40 days or at least eating seafood only on Fridays. Gulf Seafood Institute chairman Harlon Pearce says the warmer things get, the better the supply will be of our Louisiana favorites…:
Pearce says fish is in excellent supply right now and this is the time of year that oysters are at their best…:
Pearce says the crab will be in good supply as the temperatures rise and, in all, once we have a good warm front roll through we should see quality seafood at the market for a good price…:
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Abita Brewing Company announces their craft-brewed root beer is now available in cans. Abita President David Blossman says ever since they launched Abita beer in cans, people have been asking for their root beer to be in cans too including his own family…:
Blossman says it’s the same great old-fashioned root beer they’ve been making for years, but now you can get it in portable, recyclable 12-pack aluminum cans. He says their root beer is unique in that it’s made with pure Louisiana cane sugar…:
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Blossman says their popular root beer will also continue to be sold in six-pack glass bottles. He says people love the drink which is made with herbs, vanilla and pure Louisiana cane sugar that is hot brewed rather than cold mixed…:(Blossman says now you can bring it along to the next picnic, soccer game, tailgate or put it in your lunch box.)
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A Baton Rouge company has developed what they call a smart fabric to help diagnose head injuries to football players during games. Marucci (Mai-Roo-Chi) BodiTrack’s President Curtis Cruz says they place this pressure-mapping fabric inside helmets and it registers each hit taken in real-time…:
Cruz says knowing exactly where a player took a hit and how hard the impact was is important later on down the road when you’re actually providing care and treatment. He says to truly help prevent concussions there needs to be a better way to detect injuries and provide care…:
Cruz says this technology will makes its debut during LSU spring football and then there will be pilot programs with several youth football organizations in the fall. He says when an impact or collection of impacts registers hard enough into the fabric, a team official will automatically benotified via a mobile device…:
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The fourth ranked LSU baseball team looks to improve to 4-0 tonight when they host Nicholls State at 6:30. Tigers Coach Paul Mainieri is impressed that the Colonels took two of three from Stony Brook last weekend. Mainieri says they could have used a couple of wins against Stony Brook in the 2012 Super Regionals
Freshman right-hander Doug Norman will start on the mound for the Tigers, while the Colonels will counter with a senior. Chalmette’s Ryan Deemes will start tonight after making a dozen starts last season. Mainieri says tonight’s game should be a good challenge for his team
Mainieri used three different line-ups during the weekend sweep of Kansas and the head coach plans on shuffling players in and out of the line-up to find out who he can count on…
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