LOUISIANA (KPEL) —As ofTuesday, both Planned Parenthoodcenters have closed theirdoors after providing health careservices for four decades.In August, Planned ParenthoodGulf Coast announced thatit would be wrapping up all operationsin Louisiana, and nowthe long-anticipated closure isofficially in effect.

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said that shemarched into the office to talk to Speaker MikeJohnson (R-LA) on Tuesday and tried to reasonwith him about averting a government shutdown,but it became clear to her that he didn’t care.“I implored the Speaker that he should havebrought his members here so that if there were achance to solve this without shutting the governmentdown, …

At approximately 12:30PM today, the Darbonne Woods CharterSchool School Resource Officer (SRO) notified UPSO dispatch of areport he received of possible gunshots heard near the DWCS campus.Out of an abundance of caution, the SRO placed the campusinto a soft-lockdown. Additional UPSO deputies quickly respondedto the area. Deputies checked the campus and nearby areas forany criminal activity, utilizing patrol vehicles and …

Archery season for deer begins in less thana month. It seems fitting that we shine the spotlightonce again on Sterling Harrell, a man whopioneered bow hunting in our part of the country.Pine Bluff, AR native Ben Pearson, wasa pioneer and innovator when it came topromoting the sport of archery way backwhen. Pearson started the first companyin the U.S. to mass-produce …

In elementary school students were taught aboutthe president that was assassinated, As far as anyoneknew, this president, the 16th president of the UnitedStates, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John WilkesBooth at Ford’s Theater. Other presidents that hadalso been assassinated or had attempts on theirlives were not known and it would not be untilcollege before anyone knew of other attempts.Most of …

In April, I told you about my plan to shed a few poundsby mid-August. It was a reasonable goal, fueled by memoriesof earlier success and the desire to feel healthier.Maybe you’ve had a goal like that, too – one thatlooked doable on paper, but real life got in theway.Yes, mid-August has come and gone. And let’sjust say the results weren’t …