Louisiana schools are still seeing a higher number of teachers retiring compared to what they saw prior to 2010. Nearly three-thousand K-through-12 teachers retired during the fiscal year that ended June 30th. Scott Richard, director of the Louisiana School Board Association, blames it on the turmoil that’s going on in public education…

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Richard says if there wasn’t so much uncertainty with Common Core and changes to how teachers are evaluated, many recently retired teachers would still be teaching.

State Judge Janice Clark has ruled that the last-minute retirement boost lawmakers gave to State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson and another trooper is unconstitutional. Clark said the Louisiana Legislature did not properly pass the measure. Edmonson and the other trooper had both said they had no intention of accepting the increased benefit. No one defended the law in court.

According to officials, two students from Central High had to be removed from class and sent to the hospital Monday after having bad reaction to synthetic marijuana they smoked at school. Superintendent Michael Faulk says the students, aged 17 and 18, were rushed to the emergency room for treatment, then an investigation began…

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Faulk says according to school policy each student will be automatically expelled and the case is now in the hands of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office.

The Vermillion Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Loreauville man in connection to a shooting in Abbeville over the weekend. Seven people sustained non-life threatening injuries during the incident. 20-year-old Bryson Provost is charged with seven counts of attempted first degree murder. Authorities say more arrests are possible.