The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s office says one of it’s deputies has been shot in an apparent ambush. They say the deputy was directing traffic in a Paradis school zone when he was shot multiple times. There is a suspect in custody. Further information will be released as it becomes available.

BESE unanimously approves a process that will be used to review the state’s controversial Common Core academic standards. President Chas Roemer says the goal is to improve current standards where necessary instead of rewriting them. He says the key to this process is to make sure they have people who actually use Common Core participating…:
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The Louisiana Association of Educators say they hope the Standards Committee is made up of experienced and qualified teachers.

Governor Bobby Jindal and Dallas-based Monster Moto announce the company will establish a headquarters and manufacturing facility in Ruston. Eric Gill has more…:
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The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office continues to search for a missing woman whose vehicle was found intentionally set on fire and destroyed. They say 54-year-old Taherah Ghassemi was reported missing by her son on Monday and hadn’t heard from his mom since Saturday. Investigators aren’t saying much about what happened over the weekend, but are very concerned and are asking for the public’s help.