Two Louisiana chefs are on the way to Japan, where they will cook gumbo for the US Ambassador of Japan at the Mississippi River Country reception. Halen Doughty has more…
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has seized an Acadia Parish woman’s spider monkey and she’s fighting to get her pet back. Jeff Palermo has more…
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The LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been ranked the 9th best nursing school in the nation. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Two Louisiana chefs are travelling to Japan today to cook gumbo for the US Ambassador of Japan, Caroline Kennedy, and others as part of the Mississippi River Country reception. Samantha Carroll and her husband, Cody, own Hot Tails in New Roads and Sac-a-Lait restaurant in New Orleans. Carroll says this will be a great opportunity to get Louisiana products in the hands of chefs abroad.
Carroll says cooking gumbo in another country presents an interesting challenge because some ingredients, like filé, are hard to find overseas. She says they’ve been trying to find out what ingredients they can find and which ones they’ll have to bring with them.
Carroll says she and her husband will cook gumbo for the guests at the trade show convention, using Louisiana seafood and ingredients. She says during their ten-day trip, they’ll also judge a gumbo cook off.
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An Acadia Parish woman is fighting to get her spider monkey back after he was seized by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Justine Quinn of Church Point says she has owned Darwin, the monkey, for over 13 years. A state law was passed in 2006 requiring a permit to own exotic animals, but Quinn says she was grandfathered in because she owned Darwin before the law was passed. She says he was seized once before in 2014.
Quinn says it took four months to get Darwin back the first time, and he was emaciated and had cuts all over his hands. She says she’s worried the same thing will happen again, especially because another woman’s primate died while in LDWF’s care.
Quinn says after she got Darwin back in 2014, the judge gave her a court order to let her keep him until the matter was settled. But she says last Friday LDWF came back for Darwin again.
Quinn says she is seeking legal action to get Darwin back. L-D-W-F is not commenting on the matter.
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The LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been ranked the ninth best nursing school in the country by the Nursing Schools Almanac. Dr. Demetrius Porche, Dean of the School of Nursing, says this is a great honor. He says this review is a testament to the dedication of the facility and staff’s commitment to a culture of excellence.
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The school also ranked number 5 among public nursing schools and second in the Southeast region. Porche says this is very meaningful to have the Nursing Schools Almanac give the school this kind of rating. He says the key factors to the rating are…
Porche says this is a significant ranking because not many nursing schools in the South receive this recognition.
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Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser announces the Louisiana Office of Tourism has been named the 2016 State Tourism Office of the Year by the Southeast Tourism Society. Nungesser says he’s so proud of the award, but more proud of all the great people who work in the tourism industry. He says they want to get more people involved in promoting the Bayou State to tourists.
This is the second time L-O-T has won this award, as the office also won in 2013, and it celebrates the fourth consecutive year of record breaking tourism in Louisiana. Nungesser says they want to keep that trend going. He says for the 100 year anniversary of the National Park System, they’ll promote the great outdoors of the Bayou State, coupled with all the other things our state has to offer.
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L-O-T runs a variety of campaigns to find more ways to boost tourism. During National Tourism Week, Nungesser met with people in tourism around the state to highlight all the attractions in every corner of Louisiana. He says there’s so many great things to see, and not enough money to promote them all.
L-O-T has also created a series of videos featuring different places in the state to go, things to see, and places to eat as part of their Go.See.Eat campaign, generating more than 83-thousand views in three months.
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What appeared to be an easy win on Saturday in Tiger Stadium, became a nerve racking victory for LSU as they had to hold on to a 23-20 victory over Mississippi State. The Bulldogs scored two touchdowns in a 40-second span to give State a chance at stealing a win in Death Valley. Coach Les Miles wishes his team would have finished stronger.
After missing the Jacksonville State game with an injury, LSU running back Leonard Fournette returned to the field and rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns. But fumbled twice, which kept the Bulldogs in the game. Miles says his star running back will get better with hanging on to the ball…
A key to LSU’s win was the six sacks they had on the night. Sophomore Arden Key had two of them…
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It’s a tough start to the season for the Saints. After dropping a one-point loss in the season opener, New Orleans lost another tight contest yesterday. Giants kicker Josh Brown’s 23-yard field goal with no time left gave New York a 16-13 win over the Saints. Coach Sean Payton says the difference in this game was a block field goal that led to a 65-yard return for a touchdown by the Giants Janoris Jenkins…
NFL teams that start 0-2, usually don’t make the playoffs. New Orleans returns home to play Atlanta on Monday night and Payton says his team will keep fighting…