Governor John Bel Edwards will be in Beauregard Parish later today to get a first hand look at the response efforts as a massive wildfire has resulted in the mandatory evacuation of the town of Merryville and other areas of Beauregard Parish. The Tiger Island Fire has burned more than 13-thousand acres.

How it started is unknown. State Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain promises to hold people who start those fires responsible…
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Southwest Louisiana is suffering from extreme drought conditions according to the U-S Drought monitor. State Climatologist Barry Keim says it will take a lot of rain to make up for the dryness…
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Tim Temple is gearing up to be Louisiana’s next insurance commissioner. His lone opponent dropped out of the race last week so Temple is insurance commissioner-elect. Temple says setting up a regulatory environment that invites insurance companies to do business in Louisiana will be the key…
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Navy Ship’s Cook First Class Clarence Thompson will be laid to rest today in Slidell, more than 80 years after his life ended in the attack on Pearl Harbor. His cousin Denise Bennett says the Navy is paying for Thompsons burial and the family chose to have him buried at the Southeast Louisiana Veteran’s Cemetery. Bennett says it’s just another example of how the military leaves no man behind…
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