The State Fair of Louisiana opens today in Shreveport. Marketing Manager Russell Adams says the fair has a new operator this year – Talley Amusements out of Fort Worth, Texas.
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Adams says the State Fair will once again have the full complement of deep-fried, artery-clogging fair food.
And one week from today, state lawmakers will begin a tax reform special session. The governor says his plan will produce more jobs and put more money in the pockets of workers, but Senate President Cameron Henry says there are a lot of questions…
The special session must end by Monday, November 25th.
Police in Avoyelles Parish are looking for the driver who threw three German Shepherd puppies out of the window, killing them. Humane Society of Louisiana Director Jeff Dorson says there were many options available to that pickup truck driver for those puppies rather than killing them.
The Humane Society is offering a 500-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.
While in New Orleans entertaining hundreds of thousands of Swifties, Taylor Swift made a generous donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank that will make 75,000 meals possible for South Louisiana families. Chief Strategy Officer John Sillars says the food bank provides nutritious food to families in 23 parishes by distributing it to community food pantries…
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For more information, visit “No Dash Hunger Dot Org.”