The 76th Annual Louisiana Peach Festival will be in Ruston on Saturday, June 6, bringing a full day of live music, local art, family-friendly activities, peach-inspired food, and community traditions to one of Louisiana's longest-running agricultural festivals.

This year 46 businesses and organizations were recognized as nominees across multiple categories.

EBT cardholders who shop at Louisiana stores and through approved online retailers will not be affected by this policy change. Louisianans who regularly shop just across the state line in Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas will also experience little to no disruption, as many of those ZIP codes are included under the policy’s in-state designation.

The provisions of the agreement include opportunities for the two universities to collaborate academically through avenues such as guest lectures, virtual exchanges, and academic workshops. The agreement also opens doors to collaboration on research and innovation and joint pursuit of strategic funding and grant development.

The program was created to keep children engaged during summer months and avoid summer reading slumps.

Rapper Rob Base has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59. His team shared the news of his death on his Instagram page. Base was one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock.

One person has died after a blast Friday at a New York City shipyard, officials say. They said 36 people were injured, most of them firefighters and other first responders.

About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical that officials said could rupture or explode.