 Thank you for listening to this BDC station. Here's a look at your local area news. Emily Burleigh with Beauregard News reports on the 19th annual Beauregard Watermelon Festival, which continues through this weekend. At the Beauregard Parish Fairgrounds, it's a wallet-friendly good time. There will be free contests like the Watermelon Eating and Watermelon Seed Spitting Contests.