LSU’s Louisiana Survey finds 61-percent of Louisiana residents believe the state is heading in the wrong direction, but there’s an eight-percent increase to 36-percent of the respondents believe state government can address Louisiana’s challenges. Director of the Louisiana Survey, Doctor Michael Henderson…
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Twenty-eight-percent of the respondents listed crime as the state’s biggest problem, up from 19-percent last year.

After almost forty years with Catholic Charities, The Louisiana Commodity Supplemental Food Program is transitioning to a new partnership after the USDA encouraged them to seek bids for providers. Feeding Louisiana with its statewide network of foodbanks will begin distributing “Senior Boxes” to eligible Louisianans 60 and over. LDH’s Director of Nutrition Services, Jennifer Nicklas…
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Rain chances are low this weekend so it’s the perfect weekend to cast a line and you don’t need a fishing license. Brooke Thorington has more on Louisiana’s Free Fishing Weekend.
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A drawbridge in south Louisiana will be closed for the next three months after it was hit by a barge early Thursday morning. Iberville Sheriff Brett Stassi says there’s significant damage to the concrete and some of the metal structure on the drawbridge on LA 77 west of Plaquemine. Residents in the area are now facing much longer commute times.