It was another great year for turkey hunters in Louisiana. Sean Richardson has more.
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LSU Shreveport celebrated a perfect 59-and-0 season and a NAIA World Series championship in downtown Shreveport today. Kace Kieschnick has the story…
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Louisiana turkey hunters had another successful season in 2025, harvesting 3,576 birds, the second-highest total since harvest reporting began in 2009, just behind 2024’s 3,695. LDWF Small Game and Wild Turkey Program Manager Cody Cedotal says the past four years have seen the highest reported harvests.
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Cedotal says the 2018 decision to delay the season’s start appears to be supporting turkey population growth. Adult male harvest in 2025 exceeded 2024 by 204.
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Survey data and hunter feedback will help assess the season, and Cedotal says will help prepare for next year’s sprin season.
Next year wild turkey season will open on Good Friday, April 3 and run through May 3, 2026
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Applications for the M.J. Foster Promise Program opened yesterday with a newly lowered age requirement of 19. Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) Scholarship and Grant Director Deborah (Deb-OH-ruh) Paul says the program allows adult students…
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Recipients are awarded $3,200 per year or up to $6,400 over a three-year period. Full-time students pursuing an associate’s degree typically receive $1,600 per semester, and Paul says funding is differs depending on the program…
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Credentials in industry sectors such as construction, healthcare, information technology, manufacturing and training and logistics could be eligible. Paul says the program has a budget of up to $10.5 million each year…
Students interested in applying should complete the 2025-2026 free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®).
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The Senate Finance Committee has restored 30-million dollars in high-dose tutoring for K-12 students in the proposed budget for next fiscal year. Senate President Cameron Henry says Senate Finance was able to add the money, because the Revenue Estimating Conference has recognized an additional 60-million dollars in state general funds that can be spent next fiscal year. Henry says the high-dose tutoring program is showing results…
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The budget heading to the Senate floor also includes the 199-million dollars for teacher stipends, which means teachers will not receive a drop in pay.
But the Senate Finance Chairman has reduced the amount of funding for the state’s new voucher program, L-A Gator. Governor Jeff Landry had sought 93.5 million for L-A Gator, but Senate Finance decided to dedicate only 43-million dollars. Henry says most of the students who are applying for L-A Gator already attend a private or parochial school…
L-A Gator in its initial stages is supposed to help those students at a struggling public school attend a private school.
Senate Finance Chairman Greg Womack went over the amendments during a committee hearing yesterday and they include money to transfer UNO from the U-L System to the LSU System and an increase in dollars for sheriffs to house state inmates
The legislative session must conclude June 12th.
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The LSU Shreveport baseball team capped off their perfect season with a celebration in downtown Shreveport today. The Pilots went 59-and-0 on their way to an NAIA World Series title, a first in the history of college baseball. Head Coach Brad Neffendorf says this team is in a league of their own…
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson interrupted the Pilots’ celebration to invite the champions to visit President Trump at the White House. Neffendorf says this is the most impressive thing he’ll ever be apart of and its much bigger than just his team…
Neffendorf credited the alumni of LSU Shreveport’s baseball program over the last 35 years for paving the way and continuing to support LSU-S baseball…