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The Louisiana Center for the Book marked Black History Month with a virtual program featuring historian Wendy A. Gaudin and her book Sunset Limited: An Autobiography of Creole. The recorded discussion explores Creole migration, identity and resilience, and is available free on the Louisiana Book Festival’s YouTube and Facebook pages.
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Louisiana Healthcare Connections and the Centene Foundation presented $26,000 to the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana to support emergency food assistance efforts in Northeast Louisiana. The funding is part of a $125,000 statewide initiative to expand food access, strengthen pantry capacity, and enhance mobile distributions serving rural and underserved communities.
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The lucky crustacean is named “Tony” in honor of the late Anthony “Tony” Chachere, the chef and founder of Tony Chachere’s Creole Foods. "Tony" was officially pardoned at the 10th Annual Pardoning of the Crawfish event in Opelousas by Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser.
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The U.S. Department of Education has approved Louisiana’s application for the Education Flexibility Program (Ed‑Flex). This approval allows the Louisiana Department of Education to grant certain federal waivers directly to local school systems without needing separate federal approval, reducing bureaucracy and speeding up decision‑making.
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The City of West Monroe announced that it received the most favorable audit result possible from the State Legislative Auditor for all fiscal year 2025 audit reports.
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The Defense Department has been feuding with Anthropic over military uses of its artificial intelligence tools. At stake are hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and access to some of the most advanced AI on the planet.
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Pakistan's defense minister said that his country ran out of "patience" and considers that there is now an "open war" with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack.
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In more than seven hours behind closed doors, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answered questions from the House Oversight Committee as it investigates Jeffrey Epstein.
More than 2,000 volunteers assembled 500,000 red beans and rice meals as part of the Million Meals for MLK campaign supporting Louisiana food banks.
Jordan Sheppard and other musicians joined together for a benefit concert for the station at West Monroe's Alley Park.
Lagniappe
On Thursday, February 26th. The Hawkeye will celebrate Student Press Freedom Day. A day to raise awareness and fight for their freedom of speech.
Information about what's happening at KEDM.
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