Southeastern Louisiana University Police arrested a 19-year-old from Jackson, Mississippi, who allegedly abducted and raped a student at gunpoint. S-L-U Police Chief Michael Beckner says Demetris Harris was trolling campus before he abducted his victim from a parking lot on the edge of campus…
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Harris was arrested yesterday afternoon at an apartment in Hammond. Beckner says they believe he just moved to the area with a relative.

The Governor’s Office of Elderly Affairs is working to help those seniors who are not getting the care they deserve. Program manager Ebony Thomas-Phillips says all of us can play a role in ending elder abuse.
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That phone number is 8-3-3 5-7-7-6-5-3-2.

With just one month left to go in the Legislative Session, what have lawmakers accomplished and what is left to do? Kevin Gallagher reports…:
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The Louisiana House approves a bill that would require third-graders pass a literacy test before advancing to the fourth grade. Houma Representative Beryl Amedee says multiple efforts will be made to improve a third grader’s reading ability before it’s determined the student must repeat
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The measure heads to the Senate for more discussion.