The Louisiana Department of Health has told residents in Madison Parish not to drink the water if it came from the Walnut Bayou Water District. L-D-H says the Walnut Bayou Water System suffered a water line break resulting in the drinking water being exposed to a toxic herbicide used for weed control. Surgeon General Ralph Abraham Bottle water has been made available…
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water can be picked up at the Walnut Water Association Office in Tallulah.

New real estate rules go into effect tomorrow that changes the way how an agent gets paid. Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors President-elect Larry Miller says compensation has always been between the client and broker…
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The state department of transportation has announced preliminary work on a new I-10 Lake Charles Bridge may begin this year and full-on construction operations will begin in 2026 and construction should be completed in 2031. One-point-two billion dollars in state and federal funding will help pay for the bridge’s construction and so will tolls. But Project Manager Paul Vaught says the state will retain about 15-percent of the tolls net profit…
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Tolls will not be collected on the bridge until its open to traffic.

The Louisiana Lottery says last fiscal year was their second best year on record as lottery ticket sales produced 643-million dollars in revenues and 205-million dollars of that goes to K-through-12 public school education. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Dustin Annison says scratch-offs continue to be the top seller in their game portfolio and the lottery tries to keep scratch offs fresh by adding bigger and unique prizes…
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