State education officials announce a higher percentage of public school students scored at the “mastery” level in English and Math. The results are based on the LEAP tests that were taken last Spring. Superintendent John White says this is good news but unfortunately some white and higher income students are doing significantly better than others…
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White is also concerned that too few students are fully prepared for college.

Authorities are working to ID the remains of a woman who was burned. Chief Deputy Mike Haley, with the Washington Parish Sheriff’s office, says 41-year-old Joey Mixon has been charged with murder in the woman’s brutal death. Haley says they know Mixon knew the victim and got into an argument with her, but there’s still a lot of unanswewred question…
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Officials believe the victim is from St. Tammany Parish.

Louisiana is seeing a huge spike in the number of international visitors. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says 36% more people from other countries visited The Bayou State over the prior year. He wants to continue to see this rise and credits the efforts of Louisianians putting their best foot forward…:
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Nungesser says this is the third consecutive year of double digit growth in international visitors.

Governor John Bel Edwards announced today the state plans on investing more than 20-million dollars to address the congestion that takes place every day at the Washington Street exit on I-10 in Baton Rouge. Edwards on how that money will be spent…
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The governor says it’s the only area in the country where the interstate goes down to one lane.