I had the opportunity recently to spend some time in Chicot County in far southeastern Arkansas. This is one of the state's richest agricultural areas, but also one of its most poverty-stricken. It is ...

The trip will take me all the way across south Arkansas--from Mississippi to Texas on U.S. 82. On the first day, I drive by two bodies of water that have been important to the history of this region, ...

LAKE VILLAGE -- Lawanda Penick, owner of LJ's Cafe & Bait Shop in Lake Village, is worried about the next six months. In any normal year, she'd be heading into a comfortable summer season selling bait ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EVANGELINE PARISH, La. (KLFY) — The ...

LAKE VILLAGE (AGFC) – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Fisheries staff have spent the last three weeks chopping and fitting PVC pipes to improve Lake Chicot, but they aren't concerned with how the ...

VILLE PLATTE, La. (KLFY) – Hiking is one of the many things you can do at Chicot State Park. The land consists of over 6,400 acres. The cool, clear waters of Lake Chicot have yielded record freshwater ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A lot of state parks have trails for hiking, biking and even horseback riding. But Chicot State Park near Ville Platte has trails for paddling a canoe or kayak through a ...

The sun glimmers through Spanish moss as light rays decorate cypress trees. A kayak floats along silently below, the paddlers inside studying the Great Blue Heron fishing along the shore. This is ...

VILLE PLATTE, La. (WVUE) - At 6,500 acres, Chicot State Park in South Central Louisiana is the state’s largest state park. Its 2,000-acre lake is perfect for canoes and kayaks. If a long hike is more ...

My family and I headed to Ville Platte Sunday for week two of our staycation adventure — see all 21 Louisiana state parks. This week's destination was Chicot State Park. We had it all planned. We ...