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  1. Property near Donaldsonville with unmarked burial ground eyed for a $3 billion plant

    A vast sugarcane field blankets more than 700 acres just north of the Sunshine Bridge near Donaldsonville, the Mississippi River bending north around the land before reversing direction as it flows toward New Orleans. The property — the former Point…

  2. 'Adopt a Senior' program fills holiday need in Livingston Parish. Here's how to help.

    The Livingston Parish Council on Aging is looking for people to buy Christmas gifts for more than 300 older adults who have filled out wish lists and been put up for "adoption."

  3. An underfunded nonprofit shelter is the only form of animal control in this rural Louisiana parish

    A pair of Greensburg residents carrying two stray puppies on Monday waited outside a fenced-in house. Several dogs excitedly jumped at the gate upon their arrival.

  4. It takes three cowboys to run this Louisiana prime beef cattle farm. Here's how they do it.

    When Shawn Sagrera was 6, his dad told him he could pick out any cow to be his own. That was the day he became a fourth-generation Louisiana cattle farmer.

  5. East and West Feliciana Council on Aging activities starting Nov. 27, 2025

    The schedules for West and East Feliciana Council on Aging facilities are as follows: