Cleanup continues more than a month after the massive chemical explosion at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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It’s a new take on an old classic – the return of the Rice Bowl. Joe Gallinaro reports.
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Ole Miss head football coach Lake Kiffin calls LSU linebacker Whit Weeks an awesome kid. Jeff Palermo reports he’d better – Weeks could end up being his son-in-law.
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Cleanup continues in Tangipahoa Parish more than a month after the explosion at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland that spewed oil and other toxic substances into the Tangipahoa River. Adam Adams, a federal on-scene coordinator with the EPA, says the EPA has set up a website to keep the public updated on the cleanup progress.
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Crews have contained the waste so that it does not get into the community; and so far, they have recovered more than five and a half million gallons of waste from the Tangipahoa River and affected ponds, and Adams says that represents more than half of the overall waste to be recovered. Adams says you can definitely see the progress in the ponds.
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Adams says yesterday, they started SCAT – Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Techniques. He says that’s the final step in the cleanup of the river.
Cut 6 (13) “…a soft flush?”
To visit the site, go to response.epa.gov, click on the region containing Louisiana, and the Smitty’s Supply Fire is the first incident on the list. Scroll down slightly to the image containing a huge link for the hub site.
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A new take on a longtime college football rivalry game, as the Rice Bowl is making a comeback this year. The first edition is being held this Saturday between ULM and Arkansas State. Brice Jones with ULM says the resurrection of the game was the brainchild of the school’s new president, Dr. Carrie Castille.
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Jones notes that Arkansas is the largest rice-producing state in the country, and Louisiana is not far behind at number-three. He says the two schools are using the occasion of the Rice Bowl not only athletically, but also academically.
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Jones says the Rice Bowl is a great way to promote the rice industry in the two states.
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Jones says it’s fitting that the game will be played the last Saturday of September, which happens to be National Rice Month.
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A new area code comes to North Louisiana today, as new numbers will be given the area code 457. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says no existing phone numbers will change.
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Campbell says the Public Service Commission made the move, because North Louisiana simply ran out of telephone numbers.
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Part of the introduction of the new area code involves a requirement to dial ten numbers to make all calls, including local calls. For a while, there was a getting-used-to period. But Campbell says that expired one month ago; so if you omit the area code, you’ll get nowhere.
Cut 12 (02) “…dial the 318.”
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Northwestern State is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as being one of the best public schools among regional universities in the South. Chief Marketing Officer Cole Young says it’s a testament to how the school is committed to student success.
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Young says Northwestern has long made a commitment to individual student attention – something that large universities may not be equipped to do as easily.
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Young says the quality of students that Northwestern is bringing in has greatly improved in recent years.
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LSU’s offense will face a very familiar face when it travels to Oxford on Saturday. Ole Miss senior safety Sage Ryan started his career at LSU, but he transferred to the Rebels in the offseason after a disappointing 2024 season with the Tigers. Head coach Lane Kiffin says Ryan brings valuable experience to the secondary.
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It’s been nothing short of an eventful week for the Kiffin family. Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin’s daughter, Landry Kiffin, launched her relationship with LSU junior linebacker Whit Weeks on Instagram earlier this week. Kiffin says that he is happy for his daughter and says that Weeks comes from a great family.
Cut 17 (14) “…the family.”
Head coach Brian Kelly told the media that running back Caden Durham’s status for Saturday’s game against Ole Miss is still up in the air after suffering an ankle injury against Southeastern. Kelly says the staff will continue to monitor how Durham practices before upgrading or downgrading his status.
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UL-Lafayette’s football team has dug itself into a deep hole after starting the season 1-3 before entering conference play. The Cajuns will look to get back on track against Marshall this weekend in what will be a very different rematch of the 2024 Sun Belt Championship. Head coach Michael Desormeaux (DEZ-er-moe) says that his team has to continue working on fixing its issues.
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The Cajuns have had some of the worst injury luck in all of college football this season. U-L’s offense will be without offensive linemen George Jackson and J’Marion Gooch for the rest of the season, which could hurt the offense’s production. Desormeaux says there is a possibility to get a key player back from injury this week.
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