BATON ROUGE- It smelled like grandma's house inside the Baton Rouge River Center's ballroom.
Holiday Helpers held its annual Thanksgiving dinner. Thursday, hundreds of people got a great dinner because of the program.
This is the 26th year the organization has hosted the dinner and about 300 volunteers... more »
BATON ROUGE - A Louisiana Guardsman ate dinner with his family for the first time in a year today after he arrived home yesterday from a tour in Afghanistan.
Sgt. First Class Garrick St. Romain talked with Rob Krieger about why the meal was one of his tastiest in... more »
BATON ROUGE- Economists estimate Thanksgiving dinners can be bought with just $40 this year.
The meal consists of ten items, that could feed ten people.
News 2 put the concept to the test Tuesday, and spent only $36.36. The key to the savings is store brands and careful... more »
PORT ALLEN- Saints cornerback and Port Allen native, Tracy Porter, hosted an early Thanksgiving dinner for less fortunate families today.
Kids and their parents enjoyed a hot plate of turkey and all the fixings at DC's Grill in Port Allen.
In addition to feeding families this holiday season,... more »
BATON ROUGE - A Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings will cost Louisiana families less this year, according to LSU.
A survey by the LSU AgCenter found the basic cost for a meal to feed 10 people this year will be $39.10. That's a slight decrease from last year's... more »
WASHINGTON -The American Farm Bureau says the cost of the ingredients that make up an average Thanksgiving dinner went up a little more than a half dollar this year, to $43.47.
Farm Bureau economist John Anderson says the biggest increases in the annual survey were for milk and cream... more »
BATON ROUGE - The American Medical Association is classifying obesity as a disease, and doctors around the capital city are backing the move.
Tuesday,... more »
WASHINGTON- The head of the Associated Press claims the Department of Justice violated its own rules when it secretly seized records for thousands of phone... more »
LOS ANGELES- James Gandolfini, the actor famous for his role in "The Sopranos," died in Italy Wednesday.
The 51-year-old was vacationing in Rome, HBO... more »