LSU puts a wrap on the 2025 season playing Houston in the Texas Bowl tonight. Jeff Palermo has a preview.

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If oysters will be on your game time or New Year’s day menu, be sure to cook them thoroughly as an ongoing wide-spread salmonella outbreak is linked to raw oysters. The CDC reports 64 people across 22 states have been sick with the same strain of salmonella.  So far, there’s been no recall.

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Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says 30 auto insurance carriers filed for premium decreases in 2025. And he says they’ll continue to decline as legislation passed this year kicks in. But while premiums are going in the right direction, Temple says they’re still higher than in neighboring states…and he says one key factor is needed to get to that level.

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Low commodity prices have made 2025 a difficult year for farmers. LSU AgCenter economist Michael Deliberto says Louisiana saw more than a 60-percent increase in corn acreage because of the low price of soybeans. But he says corn prices fell below the cost of production this summer.  Rice prices also dropped 25-percent this year, and …

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The insurance commissioner says auto premiums turned the corner in 2025 and expects the momentum to continue in 2026. Joe Gallinaro reports.

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2025 has been a difficult year for farmers because of low commodity prices. LSU AgCenter economist Michael Deliberto says optimism that prices will increase in 2026 is low.

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The 2025 LSU football season comes to an end tonight at the Texas Bowl, where the Tigers play 21st-ranked Houston. It will be Frank Wilson’s last game at LSU before he takes over as running backs coach at Ole Miss. Wilson spoke with reporters yesterday about not staying at LSU and the New Orleans native says no hard feelings

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Kick-of is tonight at 8:15.

Governor Landry appears to be walking back earlier comments about making Greenland a part of the U.S. Landry used those words on social media after being named special envoy to the island nation that President Trump has wanted to wrest from Denmark for years. On “The Will Cain Show” on the Fox News Channel, Landry said his goal as special envoy is not to launch an invasion.

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Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says 2025 was the year when Louisianans started seeing their insurance rates go down, and he’s looking forward to that trend continuing in 2026. Temple says 30 auto insurance carriers filed for premium decreases in 2025. And in 2026, rates will continue to go down when the impact of legislation passed earlier this year takes hold.

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The 2025 LSU football season comes to an end tonight in the Texas Bowl and it will be Frank Wilson’s last game with the Tigers before he takes over as running backs coach at Ole Miss. New head coach Lane Kiffin has hired his running backs coach at Ole Miss, Kevin Smith, to be the running backs coach at LSU, which left Wilson without a spot on LSU’s staff.

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The Tigers will take on 21^st ranked Houston tonight at 8.

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2025 has been a difficult year for farmers because of low commodity prices. LSU AgCenter economist Michael Deliberto says Louisiana saw more than a 60-percent increase in corn acreage because of the low price of soybeans. But he says corn prices fell below four dollars this summer, which is below the cost of production.

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Governor Jeff Landry appears to be backtracking on wanting to make Greenland part of the United States as a goal in his appointment as Special Envoy to the island Nation.  President Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. needs Greenland for national security because of its vast supply of minerals and rare earths the island has. .  On “The Will Cain Show” on the Fox News Channel, Landry said Denmark has neglected the country, and other countries have taken advantage.

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Governor Landry takes to social media to address his new side hustle. Colleen Crain reports.

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If you’re feeling lucky this Christmas Eve, you should know the Powerball jackpot has jumped to 1.7 billion.  That after there was no big winner in last night’s drawing.  In fact, there have been 46 straight drawings without a big winner since Sept. 6^th. The next drawing is set for tomorrow with the prize expected to be the 4th-largest in U.S. lottery history.

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Community activists gathered outside a Baton Rouge church with a unified message: Operation Catahoula Crunch must end now. Faith leaders and organizers say instead of going after “the worst violent criminals in the country illegally” they’re terrorizing innocent citizens…including a 17-year-old who was accosted in Denham Springs by six federal agents in tactical gear as he was putting gas in his car.

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Sara Ayo (EYE-oh) Louis with the group Voice of the Experienced says instead of keeping communities safe, Operation Catahoula Crunch is creating an environment of terror.
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The U-S Department of Homeland Security says it has arrested 370 undocumented immigrants since early December as part of Operation Catahoula Crunch, but has not said how many have committed violent crimes

Despite last year’s repeal of Louisiana’s “three-year rule” that prevents insurance carriers from dropping policies older than three years, only one company has canceled old policies. Kace Kieschnick reports.

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Governor Jeff Landry has announced a four-day mourning period to mark one year since the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street, this New Year’s Day. Flags will be flown at half-staff beginning January 1 at 3:15 AM. On January 4, the Governor there will be a moment of silence to remember the victims, and the governor is asking all churches to ring 14 bells.
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Community leaders gather in Baton Rouge to demand an end to Operation Catahoula Crunch. They say innocent victims, in one case a 17-year-old boy just putting gas in his car, was detained and aggressively questioned by six federal agents.  We’re told they eventually let him go on his way.  But Marcela Hernandez from Familias Unidas en Accion says it’s a scene playing out repeatedly.

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Governor Landry is speaking out about his new side hustle as special envoy to Greenland after getting the nod by President Trump.  In a video posted to social media, Landry said with the exception of the governor of Alaska, he’s the one best suited to have a conversation with the government of Greenland about becoming a part of the United States.

Community leaders gather in Baton Rouge to demand an end to Operation Catahoula Crunch. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The Powerball jackpot has jumped to 1.7 billion dollars since there was no big winner last night.  Since Sept. 6, there have been 46 straight drawings without a big winner. The next drawing will is set for tomorrow with the prize expected to be the 4th-largest in U.S. lottery history.

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Louisiana lawmakers passed a legislative package aimed at improving the insurance market for homeowners in Louisiana last year. One of the laws included in this effort repealed the state’s “three-year rule,” preventing companies from dropping policyholders who had been customers for three years. A year later, state Representative Gabe Firment says only one company has taken advantage of the policy.

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Governor Landry is speaking out about his new side hustle as special envoy to Greenland. In a video posted to social media, Landry said President Trump approached him about the opportunity.

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It’s going to be a spectacular line of fire along the banks of the Mississippi River Christmas Eve. Andre Champagne explains.

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President Donald Trump has appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry Special Envoy to Greenland.  That announcement came over the weekend.  Landry posted on “X” his thanks for the nod to the volunteer position, assuring residents here that the role in no way affects his position as Governor of Louisiana.
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It’s an exciting time for West Feliciana Parish, as construction is now underway on the Hut 8 data center. Even though it won’t be up and running until 2027, Hut 8 has already secured its first tenant in A-I safety and research company Anthropic. Parish President Kenny Havard says the data center will triple the parish’s tax revenue and create lots of jobs.

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One of the big concerns about data centers is about the massive energy required to power them. Havard says the Hut 8 data center won’t be pulling any water off the aquifer.

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Tulane’s rematch against Ole Miss in the first round of the College Football Playoff went nearly identically to their matchup from exactly four months earlier, with the Rebels trouncing the Green Wave, 41-10. The stage is now set for the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans as the Rebels will take on the Georgia Bulldogs January 1^st.

It’s a game-changer for West Feliciana Parish, as construction is now underway on the Hut 8 data center. Even though it won’t be up and running until 2027, Hut 8 has already secured its first tenant in A-I safety and research company Anthropic. Parish President Kenny Havard says the data center will triple the parish’s tax revenue.

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Havard says the Hut 8 data center will create one-hundred plus jobs just in the first phase and 15-hundred construction jobs in all.

After Operation Access Denied let to the arrests of 67 people in a month-long sex offender sting in the northern part of Louisiana, Attorney General Liz Murril says her office will try to replicate the successful sting in other parts of the state…and she has a stern warning for child sex predators.

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The Sugar Bowl matchup is now set. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Christmas in parts of Louisiana is unlike no other as dozens of bonfires are set to be lit along the banks of the Mississippi River once again this Christmas Eve.   St. James Parish President Pete Dufresne says the bonfires are a longstanding tradition and most will take place on the east bank.

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The Louisiana Department of Economic Development says 2025 was a record-breaking year. Secretary Susan Bourgeois says 2025 saw the largest investment and job creation in Louisiana history.

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Bourgeois says those jobs pay an average salary of 91-thousand dollars a year, which is 30-thousand higher than the state’s current average.  She credits several new initiatives for the increased investment in Louisiana.

After a two week manhunt, an escapee from the St. Landry Parish jail was captured yesterday without incident.  That’s the word from Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz.  Keith Eli had been in jail on a charge of second degree murder. Another escapee was captured back on December 5^th, following a brief chase.

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In their first-ever College Football Playoff appearance Tulane will meet Ole Miss or the second time this season, Saturday. The first matchup was in September, and the Green Wave lost by five touchdowns with he Rebels putting up nearly 550 yards of offense. Senior linebacker Sam Howard says the Green Wave’s defense has to do a better job of getting off the field.

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Kick off is this afternoon at 2:30.

Kick off is set for 2:30.

With the transfer portal window set to open on January 2nd, ten LSU football players are expected to enter. Among them is redshirt freshman quarterback Colin Hurley, who enrolled at LSU as a 16-year-old. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says the move isn’t surprising as head coach Lane Kiffin is expected to shop for multiple quarterbacks in the portal.

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