Two children were found locked in car seats inside a house in Webster Parish with no adult supervision, and one of them has died. Minden Police were called to the house mid-morning Thursday on a report of a two-year-old child being found unresponsive inside the house. The girl could not be resuscitated. Minden Police Chief Jared McIver…
The second child who’s ten months old was uninjured.
Advocates gathered outside the State Capitol this week to draw attention to food insecurity. Pat VanBurkleo, the executive director of Feeding Louisiana, says they especially wanted to let state lawmakers know that many things affect hunger
Cut 9 (10) “…their hunger issues.”
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Voters in about half of Louisiana’s parishes will head to the polls today to elect local officials and decide on various ballot proposals. Joel Watson with the Secretary of State’s office says several areas will hold runoff elections from earlier primaries, while others will vote on sales taxes, millages, bonds, and charter amendments.
Cut 8 (08) “…gonna be on there.”
Polls close tonight at eight.
Crawfish prices are at their lowest level of the season. That’s according to the Crawfish-App. Co-founder Laney King. She says prices dropped 50-cents per pound after Easter and they’ve held steady entering the first weekend of May. She says consumers can purchase a sack of crawfish for under 100-dollars…