The Department of Children and Family Services has hired 326 full-time workers since July, which increases their staff to 35 hundred. The agency has been under fire after several high-profile child death cases. DCFS Secretary Terri Ricks says she’s pleased because while’s it’s a difficult job people feel called to be part of the solution.
Ricks says they want to hire even more child welfare employees due to an increase in caseloads.
The Humane Society of Louisiana is urging lawmakers to approve funding for new animal shelters and improve existing ones. Director, Jeff Dorson says they are asking for $3 million to distribute as grants of up to $100,000 to shelters in eligible parishes and municipalities.
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The session begins a month from tomorrow.
State Police are investigating a Wednesday afternoon crash in Jackson Parish that took the life of 29-year-old Katelyn Granger and passenger 7-year-old Anna Rivers. Master Trooper Javier Leija (Hah-vee-er LAY-hah) says at this time they don’t know why Granger failed to break before hitting a stopped bus on Highway 167.
It was two weeks ago that a suspected cybersecurity attack resulted in the shutdown of Southeastern Louisiana University’s computer network system. The network still has not been restored and S-L-U professor Dayne Sherman says students are worried about their classwork and their credit scores…
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