What city is the fastest growing city in Louisiana? For the answer, here’s Andrew Greenstein.
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An El Nino has officially formed in the tropical Pacific, so what does that mean for our weather in Louisiana? Joe Gallinaro has the story.
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Which city is the fastest growing city in Louisiana? If you said Carencro, you’d be right. According to census data released last month, between July 1st, 2020, and July 1st, 2025, Carencro’s population grew by almost 42-percent, adding almost four-thousand people to a population that now tops 13-thousand. Mayor Charlotte Clavier (klah-vee-AAE) says many of those people are coming from coastal communities, where homeowners insurance is exponentially more expensive.
Carencro is just north of Lafayette, bisected by I-49, and Mayor Clavier says that means Carencroians have it easy when it comes to heading into Lafayette.
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Clavier says the best part about Carencro is the major sense of community.
Clavier notes that homebuilding is very active in Carencro, with about 15-hundred lots in active development at any given time. New construction prices are among the most competitive in the state and in the region.
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El Nino conditions have officially developed in the tropical Pacific, and weather experts say it will intensify, possibly into a Super El Nino. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the most immediate impact to Louisiana’s weather is the higher chances of a quiet hurricane season.
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NOAA says there is a 63-percent chance of a Super El Nino, which would reduce the number of tropical storms even more. Keim says we’ve had Super El Ninos in the past.
Keim says not only does El Nino produce a quieter Atlantic hurricane season, it can also produce a wetter and cooler winter and spring if it hangs around that long.
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Terrebonne Parish is diversifying its economy; and with it will come hundreds of new jobs. Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says NovaSpark is expanding by not only adding to its hydrogen generator manufacturing facility in West Monroe, but also by establishing an operation in Houma.
Bourgeois says this is especially a game changer for Houma and Terrebonne Parish, especially in light of a downturn in oil and gas.
Bourgeois says this announcement speaks for the quality of Louisiana’s workforce and Louisiana’s future potential.
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The son of LSU baseball legend Eddy Furniss, Will Furniss, is following in his dad’s footsteps at the College World Series. While he won’t be wearing purple and gold, Will has led Ole Miss to Omaha in his senior season. The first baseman hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to clinch a Super Regional win over Auburn. Eddy says that’s just who he is.
Ole Miss is undefeated in the NCAA Tournament, but all five of their wins have been decided by three runs or less. After some bad luck early in the season, Eddy says things have started going the Rebels’ way.
The Rebels’ College World Series run opens Friday night against North Carolina, the fourth-ranked national seed. While Ole Miss was able to dodge a four-team SEC gauntlet on the other side of the bracket, Eddy says the Tar Heels are no slouch.