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.
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.
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.