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Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
A love story of how Darryl Poche became Ponchatoula Strawberry King
PONCHATOULA, La. (WGNO) — We begin at the end. That's where WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood discovers Darryl Poche as Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival King. At the end, because in the beginning, it was love that got him here. You see, he married his high school sweetheart Rhonda. They played in the school band together. They played the saxophone. From that music, to more than 40 years later, here they are. And they are here because Rhonda's parents were strawberry farmers who Poche in the fields fulltime from his job as an equipment mechanic. Now, here he is, down on the farm and under the crown. 'It's an honor to be the 53rd Annual Strawberry Festival King. To represent all of our farmers for our great industry. And also to represent the town of Ponchatoula as the Strawberry Capital of the World,' said Poche. Because the king got the girl, they now live happily ever after. It's a love story in a strawberry field forever. And that's where WGNO NEWS will be, On the Road at the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival. Join us or tune in Friday, April 11 at 5 p.m. and 6 to 'jam' at 53rd annual Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival House Republicans pass bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote A love story of how Darryl Poche became Ponchatoula Strawberry King Where Y'at this Weekend: French Quarter Fest, The Fillmore, Strawberry Fest, French Quarter townhome House GOP adopts Trump budget blueprint after last-minute scramble Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Iraqi News
04-03-2025
- Business
- Iraqi News
Iraq reiterates adherence to global oil market stability
Baghdad ( – Iraq and seven OPEC+ member states, which previously announced more voluntary adjustments in April and November 2023, convened virtually on Monday to assess the state of the global market and its prospects. The seven countries are Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman, according to a press release by OPEC. They reiterated their decision, reached on December 5, 2024, to move forward with a gradual and flexible return of the 2.2 million barrels per day voluntary adjustments beginning on April 1, 2025, while remaining flexible to changing circumstances, in light of the optimistic market outlook. This progressive growth may be halted or reversed, depending on the market conditions. This flexibility will allow the group to continue supporting the stability of the oil market. In addition, all eight countries reaffirmed their shared commitment to fully complying with the additional voluntary production adjustments as decided upon at the 53rd Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) meeting on April 3, 2024. They also reaffirmed their commitment to fully compensate for any overproduced volumes since January 2024 in line with the compensation plans submitted to the OPEC Secretariat, guaranteeing that all compensations will be finished by June 2026. The countries with overproduced volumes have additionally decided to advance their compensation plans to cover more of the overproduced volumes in the early months of the compensation period. By March 17, 2025, they will provide their revised compensation schedules to the OPEC Secretariat, which will be made public.
