Today the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear three cases regarding same-sex marriage bans in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. Jeff Palermo reports…

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A Lafayette man is charged with vehicular homicide and third-offense DWI after a two-vehicle fatal crash last night. Lafayette Police say 43-year-old Miguel Reyes of Lafayette ignored a stop sign and collided with a vehicle driven by 50-year-old Jeanne Tatman. Tatman was pronounced dead at the scene. Reyes was treated for injuries at a local hospital and later booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.

Education Week’s annual report gives Louisiana’s public schools a grade of D-plus. Louisiana received a grade of D-Minus for K-through-12 Achievement, but received a grade of B-minus for its early-education programs. House Education Chairman, Steve Carter of Baton Rouge, says they could do even better with pre-K, if they had more dollars going towards it…

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The state’s public education system is ranked 44th, up five spots from their previous report.

State Representative Tim Burns of Mandeville will introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session restricting the use of cell phones to “hands-free” only on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. Burns says this is a reasonable request as eyes should remain on roadways…

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He says the number of fatal accidents involving vehicles plunging off the side of the bridge has gone from one every 5 years to three a year now.