Faimon A. Roberts Iii
Baton Rouge Advocate
New Orleans, LA, United States
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Rancher sued by Washington Parish Sheriff Randy Seal launches bid to replace him
A Mt. Hermon rancher who last year successfully fended off a lawsuit brought by Washington Parish Sheriff Randy “Country” Seal over sales taxes on meat he sold has launched a → Read More
What was killing Louisiana horses? Mysterious outbreak led to hunt for clues
Jerome Bellard had no idea what was coming. → Read More
In Lake Providence, two women are striving to revitalize the town through its newspaper
Small towns are dying, conventional wisdom says, and newspapers are right next to them in the hospice ward. → Read More
More than 450,000 La. residents served by water systems rated D or F, new state grades show
For years, Opelousas residents have complained about their city’s antiquated water system, in which leaks under streets cause potholes and brown water flows from their faucets. → Read More
What grade did your water system get? Here's how Louisiana residents can find out
On Jan. 1, the Louisiana Department of Health released preliminary grades for 954 community water systems around the state. The grades are part of a new program in which the → Read More
Want to move to a rural area? For 85,000 La. residents, it happened without them doing a thing.
Louisiana has more than 85,000 newly rural residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which last year revised decades-old methods of defining what counts as urban in the United States. → Read More
Meet Meryl Kennedy, the 34-year-old rice farmer changing the face of Louisiana agriculture
Meryl Kennedy, owner of 4Sisters Rice in Mer Rouge, is an advocate for women farmers and rural Louisiana → Read More
John Bel Edwards seeks federal emergency declaration for Louisiana farmers. Here's why.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has asked the federal government to issue a disaster declaration for a number of parishes whose farmers were hit hard by extreme weather during the past → Read More
Drilling returns to north Louisiana as Ukraine war, tight supplies send natural gas prices soaring
Natural gas drillers are flooding back into rural northwest Louisiana, putting the highest number of new rigs into service there since the boom a decade ago, as global demand for → Read More
Louisiana's rural roads rated 15th worst in nation, according to new report
One out of three of Louisiana's rural roads are in "mediocre" or "poor" condition, according to a report from a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that studies surface transportation. → Read More
'Every time I enter Bogalusa, I have to watch my back': north shore city dealing with crime spike
Typolia Peters Jr. wasn’t the type to back down. → Read More
How many bridges can you fix with $270 million? The state is going to find out.
Louisiana's locally-owned bridges will get an injection of more than a quarter billion dollars over the next five years from the federal infrastructure bill passed earlier this year, Gov. John → Read More
Losing people, losing jobs: Forecast projects rural Louisiana's 'funk' to worsen
Population declines will continue to drive a years-long economic slide in Louisiana's rural areas, and the 29 parishes outside the state's nine metropolitan areas could lose nearly 3,000 non-farm jobs → Read More
Roads, water and depopulation: Tour gives rural officials chance to raise issues with state leaders
WEST MONROE — In a low-slung conference room in the West Monroe Convention Center, Mer Rouge native Meryl Kennedy had questions. → Read More
Unsealed court records shed light on longtime Tangipahoa Parish politico's vote-buying scheme
Candidates who wanted to turn out votes in Tangipahoa Parish have long turned to Louis Ruffino, a seasoned political operative who once served as mayor of the town of Roseland. → Read More
Pastor Charles Southall of First Emmanuel Baptist Church charged with money laundering
Charles Southall, the longtime pastor of First Emmanuel Baptist Church in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, was charged Thursday with money laundering after he allegedly moved $100,000 from a bank → Read More
Wet weather wreaks havoc on Louisiana crops, forcing officials to seek federal help
Last winter, Tensas Parish farmer Will Ratliffe was optimistic about this year's harvest. Commodity prices were up, and his 3,500 acres of soybeans, cotton and corn appeared set for a → Read More
Jackson, Mississippi, is facing a water crisis. Could it happen in Louisiana?
In Mississippi's capital city, 150,000 residents are without drinkable running water and will be for the foreseeable future after floodwaters from a swollen Pearl River caused an already struggling water → Read More
Would you move to rural Louisiana if you were paid to? One town tried it. Here's what happened.
Ruston has had great response to its incentive plan, but it's no golden ticket for Louisiana small towns. → Read More
Louisiana nursing home residents mostly vaccinated; the workers, not so much
If more staff contract COVID, miss work, it could imperil infection control and patient care → Read More