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Crotons sport gorgeous colors of fall such as yellow, red, orange and green. (Photo by Randy LaBauve/LSU AgCenter)

Crotons sport gorgeous colors of fall such as yellow, red, orange and green. (Photo by Randy LaBauve/LSU AgCenter)

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Crotons, a tropical fall plant

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Fall conjures thoughts of gorgeous landscapes dressed with the colors of the season: yellow, orange and red. During the fall holidays, there are a couple of traditional plants you may see used to create festive décor for our homes. One is mums, and the other is a tropical plant called crotons.
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LSU Prof: Supply down, demand up for holiday shopping

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
It’s been nearly two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this year’s holiday shopping is feeling the impacts of the pandemic.
Joseph Edwards, missing since 1964, is believed to have been murdered by Ku Klux Klansmen and sheriff’s deputies. His case is thought to be the only one investigated by the FBI and Justice Department during the Civil Rights era in which the body has never been found. (Concordia Sentinel photo)

Joseph Edwards, missing since 1964, is believed to have been murdered by Ku Klux Klansmen and sheriff’s deputies. His case is thought to be the only one investigated by the FBI and Justice Department during the Civil Rights era in which the body has never been found. (Concordia Sentinel photo)

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No charges or body from Civil Rights era violence

Claire Sullivan and Eternity Honore / LSU Manship School News Service
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Six decades after a Louisiana man’s disappearance and presumed murder, his family is still looking for answers and a body to bury. Carl Ray Thompson, then 26, spotted his cousin’s two-toned Buick on the side of the Ferriday-Vidalia highway as he sat in the back of a sheriff’s car in July 1964.

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UL Lafayette to help state meet carbon dioxide, methane goals

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will establish an extension service to help the state meet objectives for reducing carbon dioxide and methane emissions. The Louisiana C1 Extension Service will be part of UL Lafayette’s Energy Institute of Louisiana.
The cost of Thanksgiving dinner is up this year in Louisiana, but it’s still below the national average. (Photo by V. Todd Miller/LSU AgCenter)

The cost of Thanksgiving dinner is up this year in Louisiana, but it’s still below the national average. (Photo by V. Todd Miller/LSU AgCenter)

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T-day dinner up $11

Olivia McClure / omcclure@agcenter.lsu.edu
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
The grocery tab for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner in Louisiana will run about $11 higher than in 2020 — but it will still fall below the national average, according to an LSU AgCenter survey.
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist There are those who say you cannot force beauty — but I beg to differ. There are many beautiful bulbs out there that we can encourage to come out of dormancy by manipulating their environment, coaxing them to share their beauty even before they are naturally ready. Spring-flowering bulbs can be tricked, or “forced,” into blooming indoors. The term forcing refers to the act of tricking bulbs into believing that it’s time to bloom. This can be done both i

By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist There are those who say you cannot force beauty — but I beg to differ. There are many beautiful bulbs out there that we can encourage to come out of dormancy by manipulating their environment, coaxing them to share their beauty even before they are naturally ready. Spring-flowering bulbs can be tricked, or “forced,” into blooming indoors. The term forcing refers to the act of tricking bulbs into believing that it’s time to bloom. This can be done both i

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Can you force beauty?

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Friday, November 19, 2021
There are those who say you cannot force beauty — but I beg to differ. There are many beautiful bulbs out there that we can encourage to come out of dormancy by manipulating their environment, coaxing them to share their beauty even before they are naturally ready.

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Al Berard Memorial Fund kicks off annual fundraising campaign

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, November 19, 2021
LAFAYETTE — Al Berard Memorial Fund, a fund of Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA), launched its annual fundraising campaign for 2021 with a variety of sponsorship levels that range from $2,500 to $250. All donations to the Al Berard Memorial Fund are tax deductible and should be made before Dec.
The 2021 Leaders in Philanthropy Award honorees for Acadia Parish are Dr. Cason and Isabella L. de la Houssaye. (Submitted photo)

The 2021 Leaders in Philanthropy Award honorees for Acadia Parish are Dr. Cason and Isabella L. de la Houssaye. (Submitted photo)

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Acadia Parish CFA Philanthropy Award honorees recognized

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, November 19, 2021
CROWLEY — Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) and Hancock Whitney Bank announce the 2021 Leaders in Philanthropy Award honorees for Acadia Parish are Dr. Cason and Isabella L. de la Houssaye.
According to a statewide sample of prices for the 36th annual American Farm Bureau Federation Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey, Louisiana residents can expect to spend $11.31 less than the national average for a Thanksgiving dinner for ten people.

According to a statewide sample of prices for the 36th annual American Farm Bureau Federation Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey, Louisiana residents can expect to spend $11.31 less than the national average for a Thanksgiving dinner for ten people.

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Despite inflation, Thanksgiving dinner cheaper in La. than U.S. average

Avery Davidson / Louisiana Farm Bureau
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Bring your friends and family back home to Louisiana for Thanksgiving dinner this year, because it will be cheaper for them to enjoy turkey and all the trimmings here than the national average.

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Chenieres have romantic history

Jim Bradshaw
Saturday, November 13, 2021
The word cheniere is unique to the Cajun coast, as are the little islands it describes. The word comes from the Acadian word chene, meaning “oak,” and describes groves of live oak trees bent by Gulf winds along a series of ridges rising from south Louisiana wetlands.