A St. Landry Parish woman is cited for allegedly illegally selling native turtles online. Andrew Greenstein reports.

Cut 3 (34) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

Robert John Sr., the cofounder of longtime Acadiana business J&J Exterminating, passed away at his home last month. John co-founded the business with his brother in Crowley with one truck and a landline and grew it into Louisiana’s largest family-owned pest control company. John’s grandson now leads the company.

Viral McNeese basketball student manager Amir Khan is following Will Wade to LSU. The Lake Charles native gained massive popularity during the 2025 NCAA tournament, leading the Cowboys out of the tunnel with a boombox. He originally transferred to NC State when Wade took the job there last season but returned to McNeese when his class credits didn’t transfer over.

Cut 8 (08) “…season with McNeese.”

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is looking into key drivers of chronic disease in rural parishes. They just completed a study looking at Franklin Parish, and found the percentage of adults who are overweight is significantly higher than the state average. Lead researcher Dr. Stephanie Broyles says the next task is to figure out why….

Cut 15 (11) “….do about it”