A trial begins today in St. Martin Parish on whether Energy Transfer Partners followed the law when they began preparing land on private property to complete the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Louisiana Bucket Brigade Director Anne Rolfes says the fact that this case is going to trial shows the power private companies have when it comes to seizing private property…
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Energy Transfer says the crude oil pipeline from Lake Charles to St. James Parish is 90-percent complete.

Do you have cravings for certain foods you’d like to reduce? LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center nutritional scientist Doctor John Apolzan says try eating certain foods less often, instead of just a smaller portion and a more active lifestyle can help as well…
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Congressman Ralph Abraham has introduced legislation to help soybean farmers who are experiencing losses because of the Chinese tariffs. Abraham says the bill allows soybean producers, who were not able to take their crop to the market, to have access to a program known as the M-F-P…
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The chinese tariffs have led to storage elevators full of soybeans and nowhere to go and farmers either can harvest their crop without a place to ship them or let the crop die in their fields.

According to Your Local Security, Louisiana seniors lost over three-million dollars to scams last year. Your Local Security spokesperson Cassie Tolhurst says thousands of dollars were lost in charity scams, so it’s important to validate where your donation is going…
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