Thanks to a partnership with Apple, Louisiana will distribute more than 25-thousand Mac and iPad devices to make digital opportunities more accessible to Louisiana residents. Governor Jeff Landry says 13-thousand devices are going to Louisiana Community and Technical Collected to expand access to distance learning. He says rural health facilities such as the Savoy Medical Center in Evangeline Parish are also receiving them…
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Today’s the day we celebrate our country’s former military personnel who fought to protect our freedoms. Louisiana V-A Secretary Charlton Meginley says Veterans Day is also a time when younger people can meet and honor those who fought for our country to make today possible…
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LDWF is hailing its first-ever recreational alligator hunting season. Throughout the month-long season last month, more than 36-hundred hunters harvested more than 18-hundred alligators. Franklin Senator Robert Allain wrote the bill to allow the recreational hunting of alligators.
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The average harvest size was seven and a half feet.
Louisiana is saying goodbye to Dale Brown as his funeral was held at a Baton Rouge church this morning and there’s a Celebration of Life Ceremony at Six PM at the PMAC. Fox Sports broadcaster Tim Brando is one of several people scheduled to speak and he says one of his first memories with Brown was how he would appear in person on his radio show when he was first starting in Baton Rouge.
Tonight’s celebration of life will can be seen on the LSU athletic department’s Facebook and YouTube pages.