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• LSU AgCenter gives advice on how to prepare your plants for the upcoming cold snap

  January 12, 2024 10:03 AM

  BATON ROUGE - AgCenter professionals with LSU have advised homeowners and plant owners ahead of next week's frigid weather. Temperatures are expected to drop below 30 degrees with wind chills even lower, and there are ways to prepare your home and your plants ahead of the snap. Read... more »

• FROST ADVISORY issued for local area, first time since 1986 Play Video

  April 1, 2021 4:09 PM

  The National Weather Service has issued a FROST ADVISORY for the entire WBRZ Weather Forecast Area, except St. Mary Parish, from 2am – 8am Friday. This means temperatures could be as low as 35 degrees. Frost formation could cause damage to new plants and crops. According to the local National... more »

• Homeowners rush to rescue yards after last week's freeze Play Video

  February 26, 2021 7:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The weekend warm up brings with it an extensive to-do list for many homeowners who still need to clean up their yard after last week's cold snap. Despite how hopeless many yards across town may look now, landscapers say there's still a chance your plants could... more »

• Local butcher keeping shelves stocked, even as nation faces meat shortage Play Video

  April 28, 2020 10:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Iverstine Farm and Butcher have certainly had to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic, but so far business appears to be running smoothly. "There are more people eating at home, and our product is specifically tailored to people cooking at home," Galen Iverstine said. "Our demand has... more »

• Local group wants to "heal" Baton Rouge by planting a seed a day Play Video

  April 7, 2019 10:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Spring time in the capital city means it's time for Grow Baton Rouge to start planting. The organization is part of The CEO Mind group of community initiatives to help "heal" the city. "Helping the city heal itself through healthy nutrition, the connection between food, health,... more »

• Lake Crest in final stages of hyacinth clean-up

  August 4, 2016 12:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE – An organized effort to remove a hyacinth bloom from Lake Crest is in its final stages. The plants have been in the lake since early May and cleanup began in late June. The plants, not native to the area, rob the water of oxygen once they... more »

• Four La. plants announce mass employee layoffs

  May 11, 2016 1:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Four Louisiana plants have announced anticipated mass layoffs within their facilities. The Hexion Inc. facility in Norco, La., two Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas divisions in New Orleans, the Offshore Specialty Fabricators facility in Houma, and the Martin Mills distribution center in Vidalia all issued Worker Adjustment and Retaining... more »