Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Camille’s devastating landfall along the Mississippi coast in 1969. Before Hurricane Katrina, Camille was the Gulf Coast’s defining storm. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Camile certainly had Katrina beat in terms of hurricane-force winds…
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Camille caused 322-million dollars in damage in Lousiaina, 950-million dollars in Mississippi.

State Superintendent of Education John White has received a favorable rating from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. With White at the helm for public education, the state’s high school graduation rate has eclipsed 80-percent for the first time ever and White says steps have been taken to make sure these young adults are successful professionals…
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White has been the state’s top education official since 2012.

Louisiana State Police is recruiting men and women who want to be part of their Historical 100th Cadet Class. Brooke Thorington has more…
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The Ruston High Bearcats are getting a new logo after Rutgers University asked the school to change it. Both use an identical block R, but Rutgers holds the trademark. Principal Dan Gressett says the university was not mean spirited in their cease and desist request.
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