Those of you in South Louisiana planning on starting a bonfire today, meteorologists have one word of advice for you – don’t. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A Mandeville-area teacher was arrested for allegedly receiving sexually explicit photos from his students. Sean Richardson has more.
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Today is a very bad day to be lighting bonfires. A red flag warning is in effect for central and south Louisiana, as the region deals with low humidity and high winds. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says dewpoint temperatures are what areas like Phoenix would expect, not Louisiana.
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The dewpoint temperatures are leading to relative humidity levels of between 20 and 30 percent.
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With the red flag warning in effect, you should refrain from all outdoor burning, and Keim says there are other things you should not be doing.
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Keim says the relative humidity should start getting back to normal tomorrow.
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A St. Tammany Parish school teacher was arrested for allegedly paying students to send him sexually explicit photos. STPSO Lieutenant Suzanne Carboni says the investigation began last October.
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Jarvis Harry was on leave from his teaching position at the time detectives received the report. He was located last week in Tangipahoa Parish where he was taken into custody. Carboni says detectives found even more sexually disturbing images in Harry’s possession.
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Harry was arrested last week on 142 counts of pornography including juvenile, 60 counts of computer-aided solicitation involving a minor, and 120 counts of prohibited sexual contact of an educator with a student. Carboni says the detective has identified some students in the photos, but there are other photos that they have not been able to identify the students..
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Baton Rouge Police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a hospital worker who was gunned down after leaving work. Lieutenant L’Jean McKneely says 60-year-old Roland Domino shot 58-year-old Patricia Jackson in the parking lot outside of Our Lady of the Lake Hospital yesterday afternoon. McKneely says this is a domestic violence incident…
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McKneely says officers arrested Domino on the Mississippi River Bridge as he was contemplating suicide….
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Domino has a criminal arrest history of forgery, simple burglary, aggravated assault, simple batter and aggravated assault. Jackson died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital despite the best efforts emergency room doctors. President of Our Lady of the Lake, Chuck Spicer, is heartbroken by this terrible act of violence…
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Today, President Trump signed an executive order that starts the process of dissolving the U.S. Department of Education. Ultimately, doing so will require Congressional approval. The move has the support of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. The Metairie representative says he favors moving control of education to the states.
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Scalise says the federal government has not gotten a good return on the money that it’s spent on education since 1979, when the Department of Education was established.
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Scalise says as a result, he sees no need for education to be governed at the federal level.
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