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Family Community Christian School is providing children dependent upon the school system for hot meals with breakfast and lunch while area public schools are closed.

FCCS will provide the free meals from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. for breakfast-only pickups and from 10:30 a.m. to to 12:30 p.m. for breakfast and lunch combination pickups. Meals will be served Monday through Friday. 

Meals should be ordered in advance and picked up at the cafeteria door in the rear of the school. The school is located at 2023 Hwy 15, south of Baskin.

Richland Parish Schools will be closed through April 13 in compliance with Gov. John Bel Edwards emergency declaration to slow the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019, Richland Parish Superintendent of  Schools Sheldon Jones said in a statement. 

The Richland Parish Chamber of Commerce will postpone its fourth annual meeting and banquet due to growing health concerns.

 “Let me be very clear, we have no reason to believe nor speculate that anyone in Richland Parish is currently infected with the Chinese Coronavirus,” Chamber president Scott Franklin said. “However, we feel it is not prudent to host a 400-person indoor meeting where the average age of patron is 60 years old.”