Congressman Steve Scalise wants answers as to why 17 people were killed two weeks ago at a Florida High School. Kelley Ray has the story.
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 and unfortunately, once a tree is infected, Strain says the fruit isn’t sellable anymore…
The Citrus industry contributes 6 million dollars to the state’s economy each year.
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…
Lancaster says the crimes with male victims who attended the school, stretch back years…
Will the state House come to an agreement on solving a looming one-billion dollar budget deficit as a result of expiring state sales taxes? President of the Public Affairs Research Council Robert Travis Scott says even though Republicans are the majority party in the lower chamber, Democrats are holding firm on their wishes