BESE approves a plan to increase funding to send more children of low income families to daycare. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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According to a statement from his gubernatorial campaign, Republican US Senator David Vitter sent a letter to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu telling him to focus on murders, not monuments. Landrieu, a Democrat, recently criticized Vitter for comments he made about law enforcement in New Orleans. In the response letter, Vitter said that Landrieu should focus on crime instead of removing statues of Confederate leaders.

A Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff’s deputy is being hailed a hero today after rescuing three people who were sleeping inside a burning home in Lacassine. Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Chris Ivey says Deputy Josh Bienvenu used his quick thinking after driving by the burning house at around 3:40 Tuesday morning while on duty…:
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Ivey says if it were not for Deputy Bienvenu’s intuition to enter the home from the back, it’s likely the occupants would have perished in the blaze.

State Police say they are looking for a driver they believe is at fault in a fatal hit and run crash in St. Mary Parish in Bayou Vista. Trooper Dustin Dwight says a motorcyclist was hit by 31-year-old Mark Montie Jr Of Pineville who pulled his truck out in front of him. He says the motorcyclist, identified as 22-year-old Jerome Rudolph Jr. of Patterson, was pronounced dead on scene…:
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He says Montie stopped at the scene then fled on foot and is still on the run.