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• USDA ensures children have access to free meals during summer

  June 11, 2020 10:28 AM

  Since the COVID-19 made its way into the U.S., resulting in the closures of schools and other aspects of daily life, the U.S.D.A. and its partners have been providing children with free meals. Now, as a way of making it as easy as possible for local program operators to... more »

• New Roads residents unconvinced about federal buyout plan Play Video

  January 25, 2017 12:22 AM

  NEW ROADS- Pecan Acres is a subdivision just to the north of New Roads where the waters rise so often, residents call it "flood-city." The low to moderate income neighborhood was built on an old landfill in the late 1960's, and most of the homes were constructed below flood elevation.... more »

• 4 arrested in connection with theft, killing of calf in Pointe Coupee Parish

  September 29, 2015 3:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Two men are accused of shooting and killing a calf while another four are accused of stealing the animal for its meat. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry says a cattleman found a dead calf on the spillway levee near Morganza, and Pointe Coupee Parish... more »