The Senate Education Committee approves legislation that will give all parents the opportunity to receive taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition and other education expenses. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The parents of Lacey Fletcher, who was found melted in a couch after years of neglect, were sentenced to 40 years, with 20 years suspended. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Grambling State men’s basketball team keeps making history. The Tigers played in their first ever NCAA Tournament game last night and they rallied to beat Montana State 88 to 81 in overtime. Head Coach Donte Jackson was asked what this means for his program
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The Tigers trailed by nine points at halftime. Jackson says his players were unfazed….
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Grambling plays again tomorrow night and they’ll take on top-seeded Purdue in Indianapolis. Jackson says his team faces a monumental task in trying to upset the Boilermakers
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Tip-off tomorrow night is at 6:25.
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The Senate Education Committee has approved legislation that will one day allow every family to apply for state dollars to pay for private school tuition or other education-related expenses. Carencro Representative Julie Emerson is a co-author of the bill and says parents should have options on how their child should be educated…
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The L-A Gator Scholarship Program would begin with the 2025-26 school year and at first would just provide taxpayer dollars to low income families, but income requirements would ease over time and it would be open to all families starting with the 2028-29 school year.
Monroe Senator Katrina Jackson-Andrews was the only lawmaker to vote against the bill in Senate Education. Jackson-Andrews says families who have children attending a well performing schools should not be eligible for this program. She questioned Baton Rouge Senator Rick Edmonds…
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The Louisiana School Boards Association strongly oppose the the creation of education savings accounts. Dannie Garrett handles government relations for the association and says E-S-As spent taxpayer dollars without the accountability demanded of public schools and there’s no evidence it will improve education
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The Public Affairs Research Council says the L-A Gator Scholarship Program would cost 650-million dollars annually in five to seven years.
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The parents of Lacey Fletcher, the 36-year-old who was found melted into the couch due to severe neglect in Slaughter, were sentenced to 40 years with 20 years suspended. East Feliciana District Attorney Sam D’Aquilla says he wanted Clay and Shelia Fletcher to receive the maximum of 40 years due to the horrific way their special needs daughter died.
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Lacey was found on January 3, 2022, covered in maggots and sores in a couch rotting in her own waste.
During the trial, D’Aquilla says the Fletchers showed no remorse for the haunting death of their daughter.
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D’Aquilla says he’d like to bring charges against the friends and fellow church members who testified on behalf of the Fletchers, because they never intervened.
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The coroner ruled that Lacey died from “acute medical neglect” inflicted over a period dating back to at least 2010.
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Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says crawfish prices keep dropping and supply remains steady. He says prices have been dropping since the start of March, so if you enjoy eating crawfish, get them this weekend ..
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Strain says supply is outpacing demand, which has led to the price drop. He hopes the cool weather this week doesn’t impact supply too much…
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The average price for a pound of crawfish in Louisiana is $5.50, according to the crawfish price index. Strain says you can find them at some places, below four-dollars a pound.