The Red River Sheriff’s Office posted this notice on a stolen ATV:  On March 30, 2020 person(s) unknown stole a green, 2018 John Deer Gator ATV from a residence on Ringgold Avenue in Coushatta.  If anyone has any information concerning this theft, please contact Detective Ricky McDonald of the Red River Parish Sheriff’s Office at 318-932-6701 or 318-932-4221.  The stolen ATV is a XUV835R Crossover Utility Vehicle.

Governor Edwards is doing daily updates on the impact of COVID-19 on the state.  Louisiana Public Broadcasting and many stations across the state air it live.  Today (Friday) the briefing begins at 1:00 pm.

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy and other members of the state’s Congressional delegation are making an appeal to include Louisiana Crawfish farmers among businesses eligible for government assistance to keep them going during the COVID-19 pandemic.  They made their appeal to the US Department of Agriculture.

May I take a moment for a personal reflection.  I served in Thailand during the Vietnam War.  Many in the trenches considered the radio and TV types as not having a rough assignment, of having it too easy.  Not entirely the case.  Fifty years ago today, April 10, 1979 nine of our brothers gave the ultimate sacrifice.  A damaged fighter aircraft trying to make an emergency landing at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base crashed.  The fireball spread around the runway and destroyed the base radio and TV facility, trapping nine airmen inside.  Each year the alumni of the Armed Forces Thailand Network pause to say thank you for your service and sacrifice.