Hype for the Future 167G: City of DeRidder, Louisiana

Overview The City of DeRidder is a city in and the parish seat of Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, with a significantly smaller portion extending north into the boundaries of Vernon County. The Lois Loftin Doll Museum and the Beauregard Museum at DeRidder are located within municipal limits, located at the junction of Routes 171 and 190.

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Hype for the Future 167G: City of DeRidder, Louisiana

Overview The City of DeRidder is a city in and the parish seat of Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, with a significantly smaller portion extending north into the boundaries of Vernon County. The Lois L…

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Robert ‘Bob’ Carnesi, founder of the Krewe of Caesar Mardi Gras parade in Metairie, has died

He had a lifelong love of Carnival.

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Hype for the Future 167C: Cultural Blueprints of Saint James, Assumption, and Saint Martin Parishes

Overview Within the State of Louisiana, the Parishes of Saint James, Assumption, and Saint Martin are often associated with the southern portion of the State and, of course, are disproportionately known for French heritage relative to much of the nation as a whole. The parishes are in the heart of Cajun Country, often away from the Mississippi River plantation estates, with the community at Pierre Part (Assumption Parish) home to the greatest French percentage of any municipality outside […]

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Hype for the Future 167C: Cultural Blueprints of Saint James, Assumption, and Saint Martin Parishes

Overview Within the State of Louisiana, the Parishes of Saint James, Assumption, and Saint Martin are often associated with the southern portion of the State and, of course, are disproportionately …

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Hype for the Future 167B: Historic Plantation Houses of Southeast Louisiana

Introduction Within the State of Louisiana, numerous plantation houses have largely been derived from much of the region known as Southern Louisiana, on both sides of the Mississippi River. Though the Florida Parishes are located to the east of the Mississippi River, much of the area of historic plantations is also located further west, within the Parishes of Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Ascension, Iberville, and West Baton Rouge. Beyond the Plantations Apart from the historic […]

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Hype for the Future 167B: Historic Plantation Houses of Southeast Louisiana

Introduction Within the State of Louisiana, numerous plantation houses have largely been derived from much of the region known as Southern Louisiana, on both sides of the Mississippi River. Though …

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Hype for the Future 167A: De Soto and Red River Parishes, Louisiana

Overview Within the State of Louisiana, notable parishes include De Soto and Red River Parishes in the northwestern portion of the State, south of Shreveport and Caddo and Bossier Parishes. The parish seats for the respective rural counties are Mansfield and Coushatta, with notable lodging in the latter including Adeline’s Bed and Breakfast and the Grand Bayou Resort. Overall, both parishes are accessible via east-west Route 84, with Route 171 cutting directly through De Soto Parish in a […]

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Hype for the Future 167A: De Soto and Red River Parishes, Louisiana

Overview Within the State of Louisiana, notable parishes include De Soto and Red River Parishes in the northwestern portion of the State, south of Shreveport and Caddo and Bossier Parishes. The par…

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Hype for the Future 167/284: Town of Many, Louisiana

Overview The Town of Many is a community in and the parish seat of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, along Routes 171, 6, 175, and 1217.

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Hype for the Future 167/284: Town of Many, Louisiana

Overview The Town of Many is a community in and the parish seat of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, along Routes 171, 6, 175, and 1217.

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#Omaha Is Home to a Massive #Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for #Lead

by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press
April 15, 2026

Excerpt: "For more than a century, smoke from a lead smelter and other factories deposited 400 million pounds of the #toxic metal across the city’s east side. That prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to begin investigating the pollution in 1999, and a few years later, the agency declared 27 square miles of east Omaha to be a Superfund site. Over more than two decades, the EPA and the city have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, from about a third of the site’s residential properties.

Faced with similar public health concerns about lead, 13 states, including #NewJersey, #Louisiana and neighboring #Iowa, have passed laws requiring universal #LeadScreening, meaning all kids would get a blood test before entering kindergarten.

But not #Nebraska."

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https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests

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Omaha Is Home to a Massive Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for Lead.

For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across the city’s east side. Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska.

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Hype for the Future 166C: City of Lake Charles, Louisiana

Overview The City of Lake Charles is a city in and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, home to McNeese State University, the Imperial Calcasieu Museum, and the historic city center, as well as the eponymous lake, numerous nearby casino resorts, and the Creole Nature Trail All-American Road.

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Hype for the Future 166C: City of Lake Charles, Louisiana

Overview The City of Lake Charles is a city in and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, home to McNeese State University, the Imperial Calcasieu Museum, and the historic city center, as …

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