Public and charter students in grades three through 12 achieve the highest overall Mastery-plus rate on the LEAP test in history. Andrew Greenstein reports:
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Hundreds of people gathered Monday to honor legendary Southern baseball coach Roger Cador. The service was held on Southern University’s campus where Cador spent more than three decades building one of the nation’s premiere HBCU baseball programs. Among those paying tribute were LSU coaching legend Skip Bertman, former Major League Baseball All-Star Rickie Weeks.

An anti-corruption watchdog group says Attorney General Liz Murrill’s indictment is a black eye for New Orleans. New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission President and CEO Raphael Goyeneche believes Murrill did nothing wrong by warning city leaders about the consequences of violating state law…:
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The Louisiana Supreme Court tossed the indictment because of procedural errors and a conflict of interest, but Goyeneche says unfortunately this saga is far from over.

Shifting gears to the 2026 State Pickleball Championship which will be held in Bossier City for the first time in the event’s history. Emma Boone with Visit Shreveport-Bossier says it will be a huge boost for tourism when the tournament is held October 9th through the 11th…:
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Additional tournament information and registration details are available through southernpickleball.com.