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Child Nutrition Program Supervisor Gracie Hosea has announced the Richland Parish School Board  is participating in the Summer Food Service Program until May 22. 

Meals will be provided to all eligible children without charge. Acceptance and participating requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. 

John H. Hooks Jr. Memorial Airport in Rayville will receive $30,000 in funding as part of federal efforts to fight the coronavirus.

Congressman Ralph Abraham, M.D., R-Alto, announced on Tuesday the disbursement of nearly $5 million for 5th District airports provided under the recently passed CARES Act as part of the coronavirus response. 

Harvard University epidemiologists are warning that eradicating COVID-19 from the United States may take a lot longer than anyone wants to hear. As Louisiana broke above the milestone of over 1,000 Coronavirus deaths this week, Science magazine published the findings of Harvard researchers who summarized that Americans could see recurring COVID outbreaks as far out as the year 2024.