Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome joined a commitment to reduce the amount of plastics in the Mississippi river. Plastic waste such as litter can eventually wash into the Gulf of Mexico where it can dissolve into dangerous micro-plastics.

NOLA.com cited an LSU study finding the Gulf is among the most polluted water bodies from plastic debris on planet earth.

Vidalia Mayor Buzz Craft and St. Gabriel Mayor Lionel Johnson also made the commitment to try to reduce plastic pollution by 20 percent in 2 years.

She stands five feet, ten inches tall, and weighs 9 thousand pounds. It’s a concrete figure proudly representing female military veterans throughout the state.

This life-sized statue was recently installed at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home in Bossier City.

The statue is a female service member wearing a tactical military uniform and shouldering an M-16 rifle with a bronze-like finish.

The realistically styled figure is made to withstand the weather as it “stands watch” on the grounds of the veterans’ facility.

The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs operates the home in Bossier City for veterans and installed the statue to honor the more than 28 thousand female veterans it estimates live in the state.

A 2015 incident where a McKinley High School Band member went to a Baton Rouge hospital after he was ordered to do 200 push-ups for being late to band practice ends with a 185,000 dollar settlement. Matt Doyle has more.

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It’s National Hunting and Fishing Day.

Outdoor activities connected to fishing and hunting supports tens of thousands of jobs, from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, to commercial retail outlets.

Senator Francis Thompson says hunting and fishing has a major impact.
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National Hunting and Fishing Day began in 1972.