Emergency additional food stamp benefits for the COVID pandemic are about to end. The USDA says February will be the final month…
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That’s Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services Assistant Secretary Shavana Howard who says the benefits can run from an extra $95 a month for food, to over $300 extra; depending on how many are in the home.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is in the process of stocking 17 sites across the state with Rainbow Trout. LDWF biologist Danica Williams says they stock the fish during the winter months when water temperatures are cool …
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Williams says anglers are encouraged to keep their catch so the trout are harvested before the temperatures rise.

The American Academy of Pediatrics issues its first comprehensive guidelines in 15 years on the treatment of childhood obesity. Dr. Amanda Staiano (Sty-on-oh) with LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center says the watchful waiting approach to see if a child matures to an appropriate weight has been revised.
Cut 7 (10) “…to lose weight.”
Tools like nutritional counseling, a healthy sleep program, and more physical activity. And for some children that includes medication and weight loss surgery.

The LSU gymnastics team is increasing their security after a large group of teenage boys swarmed to see 20-year-old junior and social media star Olivia Dunne at a meet in Utah Friday night. Gymnastics coach Jay Clark fears the situation will only get worse after a reporter covering the competition posted a video of the incident.
Cut 10 (08) “…we go.”
Dunne issued a statement on social media afterward asking fans to be respectful of gymnasts and the gymnastics community.