NOAA predicts there could be as many as 19 named storms this hurricane season…:
Cut 1 (30) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

The State Department of Education announced today that students in public schools increased average ACT scores from 19.1 in 2013 to 19.6 today. Superintendent of Education John White says more kids are also getting college acceptable scores..:
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Kids are heading back to school, which means school buses are getting back on the road. Kip Diggs with State Farm reminds drivers to be extra cautious when a bus is stopped for loading and unloading. He says it is never safe to pass a stopped school bus…:
Cut 12 (09) “hit a child”
Louisiana law requires vehicles to stop 30 feet away when children are getting on or off the bus.

A federal judge has blocked a current state law saying foreign born applicants can’t obtain a marriage license without a birth certificate. A Lafayette man who was born in an Indonesian refugee camp and doesn’t have a birth certificate filed a suit, because he’s unable to marry his fiancee.