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Courtney Massery sits for a portrait in her home in Ward, Arkansas. (Photo by Rory Doyle/Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting)

Courtney Massery sits for a portrait in her home in Ward, Arkansas. (Photo by Rory Doyle/Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting)

Diabetics in a fight for their lives paying for insulin

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 27, 2021
GoFundMe began as a place to support social and similar causes, but now families battling diabetes are using the fundraising platform as a last-ditch attempt to cover the skyrocketing price of their life-saving drugs and supplies.
Cabbage is a vegetable in the brassica family that grows well in the fall and winter. (Photo by Kiki Fontenot/LSU AgCenter)

Cabbage is a vegetable in the brassica family that grows well in the fall and winter. (Photo by Kiki Fontenot/LSU AgCenter)

Get ready for fall, y’all

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 27, 2021
Although it doesn’t feel like it because it’s still so hot, it’s time to start thinking about your fall garden. Fall is my favorite time to grow vegetables because all my personal favorites thrive in the cooler weather of fall and winter.
A Louisiana National Guardsman with the 769th Engineer Battalion loads a pallet of bottled water onto a high-water vehicle in order to be delivered to citizens in need during the winter storm at Camp Minden in Minden, on Feb. 19. The expansive infrastructure available on Camp Minden helps resolve large storage challenges presented during state emergencies. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo from Louisiana National Guard)

A Louisiana National Guardsman with the 769th Engineer Battalion loads a pallet of bottled water onto a high-water vehicle in order to be delivered to citizens in need during the winter storm at Camp Minden in Minden, on Feb. 19. The expansive infrastructure available on Camp Minden helps resolve large storage challenges presented during state emergencies. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo from Louisiana National Guard)

Camp Minden plays big role in training, emergency responses

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 27, 2021
Camp Minden is a Louisiana National Guard training site located approximately 18 miles east of Shreveport that plays a major role in the state mission to provide support to Louisiana residents in the event of a state or local emergency.
Willie Mae Pitts Sallie, a sister of two of the men who were killed, in a photo taken around 1960. (Photo courtesy of Miykhel Sharkell)

Willie Mae Pitts Sallie, a sister of two of the men who were killed, in a photo taken around 1960. (Photo courtesy of Miykhel Sharkell)

Boss who shot his workers later led KKK chapter

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 27, 2021
In the rural neighborhood around Ticheli Road, the sound of multiple gunshots erupted in the early morning quiet of July 13, 1960. Sam Brooks wasn’t sure why shots were being fired, but peeking out the front window of his home, the 9-year-old looked across the street where they came from.
LSU Purple is probably the most recognizable of the LSU-bred varieties because of its dark purple, glossy hue and oblong shape. (Photo by Jason Stagg/LSU AgCenter)

LSU Purple is probably the most recognizable of the LSU-bred varieties because of its dark purple, glossy hue and oblong shape. (Photo by Jason Stagg/LSU AgCenter)

Are figs your jam? AgCenter varieties provide a sweet treat

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Purple, Gold, Tiger and Champagne may sound like a brief recounting of LSU’s postgame national championship locker room celebration, but they are also four types of figs developed by the LSU AgCenter.
A member of the Louisiana National Guard administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a UL Lafayette student at the campus’ testing and vaccination center last week in Burke-Hawthorne Hall. (Photo by Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

A member of the Louisiana National Guard administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a UL Lafayette student at the campus’ testing and vaccination center last week in Burke-Hawthorne Hall. (Photo by Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette to require student COVID-19 vaccinations

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
The University of Louisiana System will require students enrolled in its nine members institutions be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Assorted microgreens grow in trays. Photo by Kaylee Deynzer/ LSU AgCenter

Assorted microgreens grow in trays. Photo by Kaylee Deynzer/ LSU AgCenter

Microgreens provide homegrown nutrition without the garden

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Tiny edible vegetables known as microgreens have been rising in popularity with Americans searching for ways to add nutrition to home-cooked dishes. As many found themselves seeking do-it-yourself projects during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, microgreens became a favorite miniature gardening project.
A mallard hen escorts her nine ducklings across a pond. The picture was taken by a drone as part of a project using drones outfitted with thermal imaging cameras to survey duck broods in Manitoba, Canada, and Minnesota. Once ducks were identified via thermal imaging, the drone would be lowered to take a color photograph to help identify the species. (Photo by Jacob Bushaw/LSU AgCenter)

A mallard hen escorts her nine ducklings across a pond. The picture was taken by a drone as part of a project using drones outfitted with thermal imaging cameras to survey duck broods in Manitoba, Canada, and Minnesota. Once ducks were identified via thermal imaging, the drone would be lowered to take a color photograph to help identify the species. (Photo by Jacob Bushaw/LSU AgCenter)

Drones useful for surveying duck broods

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Researchers with the LSU AgCenter School of Renewable Natural Resources have found using drones equipped with thermal cameras is more effective and efficient in detecting duck broods than the traditional method of using ground surveys when observing nesting areas.

Unemployment rate trends downward

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 20, 2021
Preliminary data for July released Friday by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) shows Louisiana added 12,700 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs from June. The July estimate of 1,849,200 also shows a gain of 58,200 jobs from July 2020 as the state continues to rebound from the impact of Covid-19.
Pink muhly grass. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Allen Owings)

Pink muhly grass. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Allen Owings)

Muhly grass adds class, texture to landscapes

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 20, 2021
Ornamental grasses are some of the best plant selections for an ornamental focus for the landscape, but they are often underutilized. In addition to being an excellent choice for their aesthetic appeal, ornamental grasses are great for wildlife, especially birds.