While crops like corn and rice are seeing a good harvest this year, Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain estimates it will take years for the state crawfish industry to bounce back from last year’s historic drought. Strain says while the Agriculture and Forestry Commission plans for almost any disaster a farmer could face, they were blindsided by last year’s drought.

Cut 4 (10) “…dry up the ponds.”

Last season, crawfish prices reached as high as $14 per pound due to the drought.

The state is preparing to roll out GUMBO 2.0 ensuring every community, no matter how small, has high-speed internet. Director of the State Office of Broadband Development Veneeth Iyengar (ai·uhn·gaar) says $1.36 billion of federal funds is dedicated to the project.

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Iyengar says the broadband initiative is a high priority for Governor Jeff Landry.

Over 1200 farmers in Louisiana who experienced documented discrimination in federal farm lending programs before January 2021 will receive a combined 77 million dollars in financial assistance from the USDA. New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says the money is going to some of Louisiana’s Black farmers.

Cut 9 (08) “… end-all-be-all.”

A man who allegedly shot into a crowd of a thousand people in Many (Manny) has been arrested after an overnight manhunt. Detective Wade Seegers with the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department says 21-year-old Julius Winfield IV faces charges including attempted first-degree murder and terrorizing in connection to the shooting in July. Seegers says police spotted Winfield in his car yesterday near Pleasant Hill…

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Winfield has been booked into the Sabine Parish Detention Center.

A Shreveport woman has pled guilty to aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, a violation of federal law. 45-year-old April Nicole Poitras entered her guilty plea on 2 counts of aiming the pointer at serval aircraft on August 15^th of 2023 placing the pilots in significant danger. Police responded ground and helicopter to reports of a small aircraft being illuminated by a green laser. At that time the police helicopter was also illuminated allowing ground police to find Poitras in her yard with the laser. She faces a sentence of up to 5 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.

A man who allegedly shot into a crowd of a thousand people in Many (Manny) has been arrested after an overnight manhunt. Detective Wade Seegers with the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department says police caught 21-year-old Julius Winfield IV walking along a road in Natchitoches Parish earlier today.

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After receiving $172 million for rural areas to have broadband, another grant of $1.36 billion will complete the project. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Over 1200 farmers in Louisiana who experienced documented discrimination in federal farm lending programs prior to January 2021 will receive a combined 77 million dollars in financial assistance from the USDA. Over 43 thousand farmers nationally will receive a combined 2.2 billion dollars under the USDA program.  New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says most of Louisiana’s money will go to…

Cut 10 (10) “…no remedy.”

An arrest warrant has been issued for an educator accused of sexual contact with a student. Shreveport Police obtained the warrant when they were unable to reach the accused, 32-year-old Dayton Corbett. An investigation began after allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a student came to light, leading the Caddo Parish School Board to place Corbett on administrative leave. The warrant for Corbett’s arrest is for one count of prohibited sexual contact between an educator and a student.

A man who allegedly shot into a crowd of a thousand people in Many (Manny) has been arrested after an overnight manhunt. 21-year-old Julius Winfield IV was found walking along a road in Natchitoches Parish this morning. Detective Wade Seegers with the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department says a motive for the shooting that occurred at a trail ride, or an exhibition for horses and four-wheelers, on July 13 has not yet been determined.

Cut 13 (10) “…life threatening, so.” 

While crops like corn and rice are seeing a good harvest this year, Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain estimates it will take years for the state crawfish industry to bounce back from last year’s historic drought. Strain says the effects of the drought won’t be fixed in a day…

Cut 3 (06) “…years.”

The state is preparing to roll out the 1.36 billion dollar federally funded GUMBO 2.0 ensuring every community, no matter how small, has high-speed internet. Director of the State Office of Broadband Development Veneeth Iyengar stresses how transformative high-speed internet access will be for those remaining communities that weren’t part of the initial rollout of 172 million dollars through the American Rescue Plan Act. For example, revenue increases for small businesses that can process credit cards.

Cut 7 (11) “…people internet.”

A man who allegedly shot into a crowd of a thousand people in Many (Manny) on July 13th has been arrested after an overnight manhunt. Detective Wade Seegers with the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department says police spotted 21-year-old Julius Winfield IV in his car yesterday near Pleasant Hill.

Cut  14 (12) “…we got him.”

GUMBO 2.0 is coming. The 1.36 million dollar federally funded project ensures every Louisiana community, no matter how small, has high-speed internet. Director of the State Office of Broadband Development Veneeth Iyengar says unlike the first rollout, Iyengar says instead of providers defining project of areas of the state to receive broadband, for GUMBO 2.0 his office is setting those parameters, and they are taking extra steps to vet those providers.

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Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain estimates it will take years for the crawfish industry to recover from a historic drought last season. Mel Bridges has the details.

Cut 1 (29) …I’m Mel Bridges.”

Louisiana farmers who experienced documented discrimination in federal farm lending programs prior to January 2021 will receive a combined 77 million dollars in financial assistance from the USDA. New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says Black and other under-served farmers in Louisiana face persistent injustices. He says while this loan won’t fix the systemic issues affecting farmers of color, it will help them ease lost income, enhance their operations, or even start farming.

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After receiving $172 million for rural areas to have broadband, another grant of $1.36 billion will complete the project. Brooke Thorington has more.

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Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain estimates it will take years for the state crawfish industry to recover from last year’s historic drought that so many were unprepared for.

cut 5 (12) “…such a drought.”

Over 1200 farmers in Louisiana who experienced documented discrimination in federal farm lending programs prior to January 2021 will receive a combined 77 million dollars in financial assistance from the USDA. New Orleans Congressman Troy Carter says the money is going to some of Louisiana’s Black farmers.

cut 9 (08) “…end-all be-all.”

A man who allegedly shot into a crowd of a thousand people in Many (Manny) has been arrested after an overnight manhunt. Detective Wade Seegers with the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department says police caught 21-year-old Julius Winfield IV walking along a road in Natchitoches Parish earlier today.

cut 12 (10) “…finally.”

Winfield was booked into the Sabine Parish Detention Center on several charges, including attempted first-degree murder and terrorizing.

The state is preparing to roll out GUMBO 2.0 ensuring every community, no matter how small, has high-speed internet. Director of the State Office of Broadband Development Veneeth Iyengar says $1.36 billion in federal funds is dedicated to the project.
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Iyengar says about 88% of GUMBO 1.0 projects have been completed or are under construction. 140,000 locations will benefit from the second round of funding.

Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says it will be another two to five years before the state’s crawfish industry bounces back from last year’s historic drought. Strain says about 100 thousand acres of crawfish farms in Louisiana were lost to the drought and it took until this past May before federal assistance became available
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Crawfish farmers can apply for federal assistance by contacting their Farm Service Agency.

There are several petitions on the website Change-dot-org that are seeking signatures in an effort to reverse the state’s new law that bans students from having their cell phones in the classroom. Mel Brooks spoke with a Walker High School freshman who started one…
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are in New Orleans today highlighting the Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Last year, the First Lady toured the Louisiana Cancer Research Center on Tulane Avenue, joined by New Orleans U.S. Congressman Troy Carter…

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Tulane says that significant amount is up to 23-million dollars in funding for  an imaging system that will give doctors the ability to scan a tumor during surgery and determine within minutes whether any cancer tissue has been left behind.

 
While crops like corn and rice are seeing a good harvest this year, Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain estimates it will take years for the state crawfish industry to bounce back from last year’s historic drought. Strain says the effects of the drought won’t be fixed in a day…

cut 3 (06) “…years.”
Several petitions against the statewide ban of cell phones in schools have popped up around the internet. One is from a Walker High freshman. Emma Grace Hodge says the fact that there are no exceptions to the cell phone ban creates an unnecessarily complicated system, as anyone who needs to contact a student during school hours would have to go through the school…

cut 9 (10) “…ahold of you.”

Proponents of the ban say phones distract students in the classroom.

 
Louisianians purchasing hunting and fishing licenses can now register as organ donors thanks to an act passed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. LDWF Undersecretary Brian McClinton says by integrating the option into the license purchasing process, it becomes more convenient for people to sign up, potentially saving lives.

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