Can the different factions in the state House come together on a plan to reduce a looming one-billion dollar deficit? Jeff Palermo has a preview…
Congressman Steve Scalise is remembering the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, as they resume classes today, two weeks after 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz went on a shooting rampage, killing 17 people. Scalise says today will not be easy for students returning to a place where such a horrific tragedy occurred…
A former school principal at a Christian school in Franklin Parish has been indicted by a grand jury on eleven counts of sexual misconduct. District Attorney Mack Lancaster says 41-year-old Stephen Couch of Winnsboro was a teacher, later a principal, at the Apostolic Tabernacle Christian School in Winnsboro when the crimes allegedly occurred…
The state Department of Agriculture and Forestry is teaming up with the LSU AgCenter to fight citrus canker disease. The disease is spread by wind driven rain, causing lesions on the leaves and fruit. It was first found in the state in 2013 at City Park in New Orleans. State Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says there is no cure right now, but hopes their research will produce results to slow the disease…