Louisiana's first black-bellied whistling duck season runs October 3–11. Hunters need a free LDWF permit plus standard waterfowl licenses before opening day.
Assumption Parish Schools is expanding access to virtual learning, allowing students to complete 100% of their coursework online through the district's Virtual Academy.
Louisiana is seeing a sharp increase in cases of flea-borne typhus, a rare bacterial illness that has hospitalized multiple people and has been linked to two deaths since the beginning of 2025.