NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Thursday, December 31.
Dec. 31 – St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office joins Ernie Andrus, a 92-year-old WWII Navy veteran as he runs through St. Tammany Parish raising money for the LST 325 Ship Memorial, 7:30 a.m. Andrus is running from coast to coast, he started in San Diego, CA, in Oct. 2013. Location: Goodbee Quick Stop, 13029 US-190, Covington, LA.
Dec. 31 – The Legislative Auditor releases audit reports
Dec. 31 – All State Sugarbowl hosts their New Year’s Eve Parade, 3:30 p.m. Location: Elysian Fields and Decatur Street, New Orleans.
Dec. 31 – Hyatt Regency New Orleans hosts 'Big Night New Orleans' New Year's Eve Gala, 9:00 p.m. Location: Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., New Orleans.
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HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Jan. 1 – New Year's Day celebrated around the world – Events take place to welcome the New Year with celebrations held at New York's Times Square to mark the occasion. Elsewhere, over 10,000 people are expected to plunge into the North Sea in Scheveningen in the Netherlands, millions are due to gather for celebrations on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach in Brazil and Pope Francis delivers the New Year's Angelus prayer and opens the Holy Door at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major as part of year-long Jubilee celebrations at the Vatican
Jan. 1 – Louisiana state recreational red snapper season closes, 12:01 a.m.
Jan. 1 – Allstate Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Ole Miss Rebels, 7:30 p.m. Under the College Football Playoff system, the semifinals rotate between six different bowls (Rose, Sugar, Cotton, Peach, Orange, and Fiesta), with the Sugar Bowl not one of the chosen games this year. Location: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans.
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