How much do you think wild hogs cost Louisiana agriculture? Per year? In 2015 that was about $74-million annually. Now it’s at over $91-million. LSU AgCenter biologist Glen Gentry says feral pigs rut and root up millions in sugarcane, rice, corn, hay and soy…:

CUT 07(09)      “…way around.”

Hunters can only kill about half the hog population annually.

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services celebrated National Adoption Day this afternoon at the Governor’s Mansion. DCFS Secretary Market Walters says 55 young people between the ages of 13 and 17 were adopted from foster care during the past year…:

CUT 13(08)      “…make your turkey.”

A federal court has ruled conditions at a state prison in Homer are so harsh they violate the inmates’ constitutional rights…:

CUT 01(30)      “…Golsby.”

A Jennings teen is under arrest for making threats of violence against his high school last month. Jeff Davis Parish deputies say the boy left a note saying he’d “shoot up the school.” Meanwhile, a middle schooler was arrested in Lafayette for threatening to bomb his school. The boys in both cases are charged with Terrorizing.