Senators John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy say they like the President’s pick for the soon to be vacant seat on the US Supreme Court. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The state has released LEAP test results today and State Superintendent of Education John White says 43-percent of third through 12th graders scored mastery or above in English, but only 33-percent did so in math…..
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30-year-old Robert Kimble from Pointe Coupee Parish has been ordered to pay over 10-thousand dollars in civil restitution for killing a black bear in Concordia Parish last November. General Counsel with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Yolanda Martin says Kimble admitted to shooting the bear…
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The State Police Bureau of Investigations is looking into this morning’s police shooting in Baton Rouge involving a State Trooper and a passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a traffic stop.
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Senior Trooper Bryan Lee says the officer at the scene suffered a minor injury, while the non compliant passenger was sent to a local hospital with a gunshot wound.