Most of Louisiana’s Congressional Delegation and state Ag Commissioner Mike Strain are touting a new compromise Mexico Canada trade deal that’s now backed by both House Democrats and the President, but Senator John Kennedy and other conservatives in the upper chamber are still unsure of the legislation…
The state Office of Public Health says only 25-percent of healthy adults have received a flu shot this year. Immunization medical director, Doctor Frank Welch, says Louisiana is already close to matching the peak of last year’s flu season and that was one of the worst in years. He says the B strain of flu is going around Louisiana, while the rest of the country is getting sick from the more severe A-strain…
During the 2018-19 flu season, 15-hundred Louisians died from the virus.
Downtown Alexandria is the focal point of holiday spirit this weekend in Rapides Parish with the Alex Winter Fete. Interim Director of Community Services TJ Nash, Sr. says it’s got a gumbo cookoff, an ugly sweater 5K, and more, but no Louisiana celebration would be complete without live music and a parade.
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Festivities kick off today and run through Sunday.
Louisiana Public Broadcasting takes a deep dive into the world and history of Bayou State duck hunting with In the Blind, which airs tonight at 7 and 1130PM. The program interviews hunters from around the state, and was created by New Orleans based producer Emma Lou Reid who says the show traces the evolution of duck hunting from a do or die way of life to the now highly popular, and highly regulated sport.