After the rush of the holiday season has largely ended, and the excess of the season starts to weigh on celebrants’ minds, it ...

By Rosemary Westwood WWNO/WRKF A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events.

It was a tale of two crops this year for Louisiana rice farmers. Rice planted and harvested early had excellent yields. The ones that were planted and harvested later, not so much.