Louisiana

Flooding from Hurricane Harvey is slow to drain in some areas of southwest Louisiana one week after the storm made landfall. Agricultural fields consisting primarily of rice and soybeans are suffering from the most damage.

For the second time in less than a year, a couple in Louisiana has been arrested for fraudulent sales of cattle.

Farmers and ranchers from South Dakota to Louisiana have been enduring record rainfall and flooding to care for their cattle.

Cattle owners had to rely on horses, boats and even a helicopter to round up their herds as floodwaters covered pastures in many areas of south Louisiana.

A Louisiana man was arrested Friday near Sallisaw, Okla., on one count of aggregated theft by check.