The TOPS Scholarship will no longer guarantee to cover a student’s full tuition starting in the fall of 2017. Governor Edwards signed the measure which doesn’t tie the award to tuition increases…:
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The governor has ordered flags on public buildings be flown at half staff today to honor Frank Levingston. The Cotton Valley native was the oldest living man in the US and the oldest verified surviving World War II veteran. Levingston died in Lake Charles a week ago at the age of 110.

Sensible Marijuana Policy for Louisiana has launched billboards in Baton Rouge and Shreveport in hopes to encourage people to contact their legislators to vote in favor of legislation that would expand access to medical marijuana. Spokesperson Jacob Irving says if you don’t make an effort, lawmakers will assume you don’t care…:
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The bill that would add more medical conditions that could utilize medical marijuana is expected to be debated on the House floor tomorrow.

The story about the yearbook of West Monroe’s Good Hope Middle School is going viral and making national headlines. That’s because a service dog, Presley, got her own headshot next to her owner, Seph Ware who suffers with MS. Good Hope yearbook advisor Sonya Hogg says Presley, a Goldendoodle, is just another member of the school…:
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She says Presley even signed the kids’ yearbooks, with a little help from Seph.