The Louisiana teacher arrested this week at the Vermilion Parish School Board meeting after she questioned her superintendent’s pay raise might file a lawsuit. Deyshia Hargrave spoke yesterday at a rally that was called to support her….
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Hargrave hopes her experience will empower people to use their voice when they see something that’s just not right.

Jennings Senator Blade Morrish is proposing to change TOPS award amounts. Under his plan, students who earn the basic award by achieving a 2.5 GPA and a20 ACT would receive just a four-thousand dollar annual stipend, while TOPS Honor students would get their tuition paid for, plus a stipend between 15-hundred and 25-hundred dollars. Morrish says he wants to challenge students to improve their performance…
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Morrish could seek this change in TOPS in the upcoming session.

A portion of north Louisiana is under a winter weather advisory as light to moderate rainfall has been slowly transitioning to a freezing rain or snow or sleet mix as temperatures are dropping below subfreezing. Roadways could be slick. The state transportation department has closed a portion of I-49 in Caddo Parish.

A new social media challenge has teens eating laundry pods. Louisiana Poison Control President-Elect Mark Ryan says this is obviously dangerous and there’s no benefit…
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Ryan says digesting a detergent pod could land you in the hospital.