A state official has thrown out multibillion-dollar contracts the Louisiana Department of Health awarded to manage the care of most of the state’s Medicaid population.

Nick J. Bruno, Jr., Ph.D., the University of Louisiana Monroe’s eighth president, announced Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2020, he will retire at the end of June. 

In 1931, Governor Huey P. Long and architect Leon Weiss, left future generations a glimpse into the past in the walls of the Louisiana State Capitol building. Friday, a bit of that history was uncovered.

Franklin Parish farmer Greg Kincaid recently received the LSU AgCenter Outstanding Master Farmer award.

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday opened his second term with a call for bipartisan cooperation.

Rep. Clay Schexnayder on Monday was elected speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Michael Stephen Couch, former principal of Apostolic Tabernacle Christian School, pled guilty Monday to five counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, said Fifth Judicial District Attorney Mack Lancaster.

Wisner’s sales and occupational tax collections were down for the 2019 fiscal year, said Steven Kimball in his remarks to Town Council members Jan. 9 in their regular meeting.

Ricky Campbell enters his 27th year as Franklin Parish Police Jury president after receiving an unanimous vote from his peers in their regular meeting Monday.

Revised Head Start policies, job descriptions and corrective actions were unanimously approved by the Franklin Parish School Board at its regular meeting held Jan. 7.

A Winnsboro man faces attempted murder and attempted armed robbery charges in connection with a Dec. 27 incident on White Street.

Key annual goals for Winnsboro are financial stability and infrastructure improvements, said Mayor Sonny Dumas.

Franklin Medical Center will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house Jan. 14 at 11 a.m. featuring speakers and history of the facility.

Gilbert and Wisner mayors want to move cleanup efforts forward, develop parks and recreation along with improving their municipalities’ infrastructure in 2020.

Dr. Rebekah Gee, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, is leaving Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration.

An LSU-affiliated expert says the threat of domestic cyberattacks is higher following the recent killing of an Iranian military leader.

A task force looking for ways to increase the number of Louisiana high school students earning college credit says the state should launch a grant program supporting dual enrollment around the state.

Katie Corkern is a mother of three sons in Amite. One of her sons is Connor, 13, who has a birth defect in his brain. For most of his life, he has experienced between 50 to 200 seizures each day. 

Attorney General Jeff Landry's office recently filed Louisiana’s legal brief in defense of Act 620, the state’s admitting privileges law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Franklin Parish Activity Center’s second phase of construction is forthcoming with Franklin Parish Police Jury officials beginning the bidding process, said Adam Faulk, an Activity Center committee member.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. is the top taxpayer in Franklin Parish for 2019, said Tax Assessor Rod Elrod.

2019 started with storms sweeping through Franklin Parish hitting the Gilbert, Baskin and Crowville areas hard. The severe storms packed high wind gusts and heavy rains which left a trail of downed trees and power lines.

Certified letters will be mailed next week to blighted property owners in Gilbert, said Mayor Mike Stephens.

A new report by the nonpartisan think tank The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) says that Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act is like "Medicare for All Lite," which has created nothing but “disastrous results.”

Industrial hemp is gaining interest as farmers explore the potential for increased profits from growing hemp varieties used for fiber, seed and cannabidiol, or CBD, oil.

BATON ROUGE—One LSU student walked through security and ID checks to purchase a legal vape cartridge filled with cannabis oil in Los Angeles. Another walked up to the back of a van off a dimly lit road somewhere in Louisiana to buy one illegally; no ID checks, no security and no certainty th…

Fight against junk removal within Wisner’s corporate limits will increase in the coming year, said Mayor Marc McCarty at the Town Council monthly meeting, Dec. 12.

WREATHS CATCH tiny droplets from an early-morning mist at the Northeast Louisiana Veteran’s Cemetery near Rayville. A Dec. 14 wreath-laying ceremony was sponsored by Wreaths Across America (WAA) and Rhymes Memorial Library. Ceremonies are held annually at hundreds of locations with handwoven…

Broadband internet access for Franklin Parish is the number one focus area of Winnsboro Main Street Economic Committee after information was compiled from a 161-participant survey, said Carmen Sims, committee member.

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Winnsboro’s aging infrastructure may soon see improvements after Town Council members approved two grant applications at their Dec. 16 monthly meeting.

For the first time ever, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board on Thursday approved a “riverboat” casino’s request to move inland.

Newly-elected Franklin Parish schools Superintendent John Gullatt’s four-year employment contract was unanimously approved by School Board members in a special Dec. 12 meeting.

The state Supreme Court recently cleared an area agricultural lender to sue three banks, bank employees and others on several claims including fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud stemming from allegations surrounding Delhi farmer Thomas “Tommy” Dickerson.

The Franklin Parish Police Jury will no longer sell or install culverts to individual residents following complaints from the business community.

Block parties are now prohibited and restrictions have been placed on private parties, following action Monday during Winnsboro Town Council’s December meeting.