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• Truck hauling chickens overturns on I-59

  November 28, 2023 1:19 PM

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH - A truck hauling live chickens flipped onto its side, blocking travel on I-59 in St. Tammany Parish early Tuesday. The 18-wheeler was involved in a crash with a sedan shortly after 4 a.m. The incident closed I-59 northbound near mile marker 10, near Pearl... more »

• More than 60 ducks removed from Baton Rouge neighborhood, given new homes Play Video

  July 1, 2021 12:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Dozens of gregarious ducks that invaded an East Baton Rouge subdivision have found new homes where they can spread their wings. Homeowners say people have been gradually plucking up the waterfowl from the neighborhood on Summa Court and giving them new places to live since Monday,... more »

• Quackdown: Neighborhood invaded by ducks will have them relocated Play Video

  June 29, 2021 6:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE – East Baton Rouge Animal Control officers are working on a plan to relocate dozens of ducks that have taken over a neighborhood on Summa Court. The ducks are multiplying and becoming a nuisance to those who live there. “As we speak, we have a batch over... more »

• Chasing chickens in Mamou on Mardi Gras Play Video

  February 25, 2020 5:48 PM

  MAMOU - The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition lives on in Evangeline Parish. Men in colorful costumes and masks travel around town on horseback making stops where they collect ingredients for the gumbo. The Mardi Gras event has been happening for decades passed on from family to family.... more »

• 12 states launch new legal challenge to California egg law

  December 4, 2017 2:52 PM

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- A dozen states want the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space to stretch out in their cages. The Missouri attorney general says a lawsuit will be filed Monday alleging California's law has... more »

• Chickens run wild at Tee-Mamou Mardi Gras Play Video

  February 9, 2016 12:50 PM

  IOTA - The Tee-Mamou Mardi Gras celebrated Fat Tuesday cajun style with singing, dancing and chasing chickens. "It's all about the tradition. It doesn't have anything to do with anything other than tradition," said reveler John McCrory. "All the younger Mardi Gras we make them do the traditional things like... more »