Farmers and residents in the Valley are hoping for help from above. "Hopefully we get a lot of rain," Chairez said. "There's a big need: water. We need water, water, water." ...

Seventh graders at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Slidell, La., pose for a photo with the book "A Long Walk to Water," a nonfiction novel by Linda Sue Park. The book spurred the students to raise ...