Some much-needed rainfall fell across parts of the state over the weekend, but state Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says the state continues to battle more than 100 fires a day. The largest wildfire is in Beauregard Parish but Strain says they are also fighting some big fires in and around Kisatchie National Forest and Fort Polk…
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This is eighth day of the wildfires in Beauregard Parish. Sheriff Mark Herford says his local firefighters are to the point of exhaustion. He says they are receiving help from outside of Louisiana…
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Officials say 50-percent of the Tiger Island fire is contained and the number of acres burned in Beauregard from multiple fires is more than 50-thousand.

An 84-year-old Folsom woman, who was burning trash piles on her property, has died after being rescued from a brush fire at her home on Sunday. State Fire Marshal’s Office Spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says while conducting proactive patrols in St. Tammany Parish looking for burn ban violators, a deputy, and a volunteer firefighter spotted a brush fire off of LA 25.
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She later died from her injuries at a New Orleans hospital.

Northeast Louisiana is mourning the death of Doctor Charles McDonald, a former longtime state lawmaker and employee at ULM for more than 20 years. ULM President Doctor Ronald Berry says McDonald is known as the Father of Tops for helping to create the scholarship during his time at the State Capitol…
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McDonald was 84.