A man from LaPlace has developed an app to keep teenagers from texting and driving. Michelle Southern reports.
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Turkey season opens tomorrow and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries predicts a bumper crop for hunters. Eric Gill reports…
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Demographer Elliot Stonecipher is concerned the state is not growing fast enough to prevent the loss of another Congressional seat. Scott Carwile has more…
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A man from LaPlace has developed an app to keep teenagers from texting and driving. Mike Watson says Text Guardian is tied to the GPS device on cellular devices and parents can set to a certain speed…:(Right now Text Guardian is only available on Android devices but should be on iOS soon.)
Watson says if somebody tries to call or text a teen while Text Guardian is activated, they will get a message back right away saying that the person will get back to you when it is safe to do so. He says it’s completely free and the difference between this and some other anti-driving-and-texting apps is that Text Guardian can not be removed…:
Cut 5 (10) “or attempted manipulation”
Watson says once the phone reaches the pre-set speed, all that works is 911, a few contacts and the navigation system. He is the owner of Jim’s Body Shop and came up with the idea of creating an app like this after dealing with so many vehicles that had been in serious crashes involving teenagers who were texting and driving…:
Cut 6 (11) “to do something about it”
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Turkey season opens tomorrow and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries predicts a bumper crop for hunters. Wild Turkey and Resident Small Game Leader, Jimmy Stafford, says there should be some carryover this season after bad weather lead to a poor hunting last year…
This year’s season is coming a few days later than normal, which Stafford says should move the birds closer to their peak of gobbling. Although more turkeys are expected to be harvested this season, Stafford says Mother Nature is always a factor…
Cut 8 (10) “significantly improved”
He says the Louisiana turkey population is scattered, but most gobblers can be found in the western or north-central part of the state. Stafford says if you’re looking to bag a turkey on opening day, he’s got a tip on where to look…
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Demographer Elliot Stonecipher says Louisiana could be in jeopardy of losing another Congressional seat if the state doesn’t see more growth in population. Stonecipher is making that statement based on new Census figures, which shows the state’s population has only increased two-point-six percent since 2010
Louisiana saw it’s Congressional delegation shrink from seven to six members as a result of the 2010 Census. Stonecipher says the data suggests to him that Louisiana still has an out-migration problem
East Baton Rouge Parish remains the most populated parish in the state. The three fastest growing parishes in the state since 2010 are Ascension, Orleans and St. Bernard. Stonecipher says from 2013-14 Orleans Parish grew one-point-four percent…
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Well there was somebody in Louisiana who could have been a Powerball millionaire, but they missed their chance. The Match 5 winning ticket was sold in Minden for the September 27th drawing, but no one came forward to claim the prize by the Thursday deadline. Louisiana Lottery spokeswoman Kimberly Chopin says the $1 million will go back into winnings…:
Cut 13 (11) “player promotions”
Chopin says by using unclaimed prizes, they’ve been able to increase prize payout over the last five years from about 59%, to about 62%…:
Cut 14 (06) “like to play more”
Chopin says it’s extremely rare for a million dollar prize to go unclaimed. She says sometimes when the jackpot gets really high, people who don’t normally play Powerball try it out and don’t realize that you don’t have to have all 6 numbers to win a prize…:
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The number one ranked LSU baseball team opens up a three-game series tonight against Kentucky, with first pitch set for seven P-M at the Box. The Wilcats are 2-and-4 in league play, but Tigers Coach Paul Mainieri says they are one of the better hitting teams in the conference…
Cut 16 (17) “good ball players”
LSU is led offensively by Kade Scivicque and Andrew Stevenson, who are both hitting over .400 over the year. Right behind them is Mark Laird, who is hitting .392. Mainieri says he’s not surprised that his speedy right fielder is having a huge season…
Senior Jared Foster is also having a big season. He’s hitting .348 with five home runs after hitting just .115 last year. Mainieri made Foster the starting second baseman at the start of SEC play and has no plans of moving the former outfielder somewhere else…