The LSU-Alabama game that was going to take place this Saturday in Baton Rouge has been canceled due to Covid-19 issues within the LSU program. The game between the Tigers and Tide has turned into one of the biggest rivalries in all of college football and head coach Ed Orgeron says he expects this game to be rescheduled.
The mandatory evacuation order in Cameron Parish was finally lifted early this morning. The southwestern coastal parish had been under a mandatory evacuation order since Hurricane Laura made landfall on August 27th. The area then was also impacted weeks later with Hurricane Delta on October 9th. Vice President of the Cameron Parish Police Jury, Scott Trahan,
Trahan says power is still in the process of being restored so water is still undrinkable.
Governor John Bel Edwards announced a major technology agreement in northwest Louisiana Tuesday at LSU-Shreveport. The more than $3-million agreement with the university and LED will help advance students’ careers in technology. Edwards says LSU-S is the fastest-growing higher education campus in the state and the new Cyber Collaboratory will only continue to attract new students.
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Hurricane Zeta did a lot of damage to citrus crops and nurseries in southeast Louisiana, the most hurricane damage suffered in the area since Katrina in 2005.
LSU Ag Center Horticultural Agent Joe Willis says the worst damage was in the poinsettia crops. Willis says 95 percent of the holiday staple crop was lost in southeast Louisiana.
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