Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2013-04-26

Duration: 00:04:55

Subjects: Bayou Corne sinkhole, 2012 | Fort Polk (La.) | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) | Hunger | Fort Polk Progress

Contributors:

• Whinham, Charlie Host
• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Benn, Domonique Reporter
• McFarland, Isaac Interviewee
• Woodward, Kaylee Interviewee
• Harris, Broderick Interviewee
• Morehead, Deborah Interviewee
• Lewis, Shalon Interviewee
• Adkins, Jay Interviewee

This segment from the April 26, 2013, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford reporting on the week’s headlines. These stories include: an update on the Bayou Corne sinkhole in Assumption Parish; members of Fort Polk Progress meeting with federal officials in Washington, D.C. to urge them not to draw down troops at the base; a judge ruling that the LSU Board of Supervisors violated the public records law during their search for a new president; and a report by Domonique Benn of KSLA-TV on Isaac McFarland, a freshman at Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, and his efforts to end childhood hunger.