The price of a Powerball ticket is doubling to two dollars.
Organizers believe with the promise of bigger payoffs, this change will draw more people to the Powerball game.
Local gyms said they always see memberships increase right after the New Year but after about a month and a half later, a lot of people lose momentum and stop showing up.
They said that this happens for a number of reasons.
On Friday, seventy-nine locations were named but more location closings are expected.
Stores in Florida are the hardest hit to date.
Eleven Sears and K-Marts are closing there.
Friday morning Lafayette Parish Sheriff deputies said they received a call from a tenant living in the Marigny Circle Apartment Complex.
The tenant said someone was knocking on his door trying to sell candy.
Fog should begin to develop quickly after sunset with dense fog likely occurring around 9pm through 6am tomorrow, New Year's Day, after the front moves through. It is likely that visibility will be less than one quarter mile at times.
Yesterday both sides of I-10 was off limits as crews tried to clear the debris .
Several big rigs were among vehicles involved in the early morning crash.
Two people were killed and about sixty others injured.
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