A Eunice woman is facing several charges for allegedly setting fire to a home with two juveniles inside in May. Ken Pastorick State Marshal’s Office…

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He says after an extensive investigation Falice Anissa Oglesby was arrested. Authorities are not releasing a possible motive.

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has been dealing with a torso injury. Through three games this season, he has completed 65-percent of his passes for 689 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. LSU’s pass offense ranks 11^th in the SEC and Tiger Rag Editor, Glen Guilbeau says the injury has prevented Nussmeier from throwing the deep pass…

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LSU hosts Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday night.

Governor Landry announces a series of initiatives aimed at strengthening the business climate in the state. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Louisiana has made strides in reducing the state’s chronic absenteeism rate among public school students. Chronic absenteeism rose following the COVID pandemic to nearly 25 percent for the 2023-24 school year; but last year, dropped two percent. Misty Davis with the department of education says local school systems are making attendance a priority.

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New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell wants to take another international trip and a week after she was ordered to limit her travel and surrender her passport, she’s asking the court to give her permission to take a family vacation to Iceland. She was indicted last month on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, false statements, obstruction of justice and false declaration before a grand jury. Prosecutors have not objected to her travel planned for Oct. 7 to Oct. 13. If Judge Wendy Vitter approves Cantrell’s request, Cantrell will be given her passport back.

Governor Landry announced four initiatives aimed at strengthening the business climate in Louisiana today. The first initiative is the creation of a website called Source Louisiana where he says…

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LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is dealing with a torso injury according to coach Brian Kelly. Should he play this Saturday against Southeastern Louisiana? Jeff Palermo has more…

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An international organization is warning of the dangers of trespassing on railroad tracks. Nan Arthur, the state coordinator for Operation Lifesaver, says it’s a huge problem in Louisiana.

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She says in the last year, more than ten people have been killed by trains while on railroad tracks.

A woman is dead in what Bossier City Police are calling a murder-attempted suicide. Sergeant Shawn Poudrier (POO-dree-ur) says a family member called police Sunday afternoon saying that a man was going through a mental health crisis and had harmed his wife and was threatening to harm himself.

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Two officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries when they were shot. The man was found with self-inflicted wounds and is hospitalized in critical condition.

A Eunice woman is facing several charges for allegedly intentionally setting fire to a home with two juveniles inside in May. Ken Pastorick with the State Fire Marshal’s office says an extensive investigation led to the arrest of 47-year-old Falice Anissa Oglesby…

Cut 4 (12) “…obstruction of justice.”

Authorities are not releasing a possible motive. Thankfully there were no serious injuries.

It was expected that the third ranked Tigers would have another explosive offense with quarterback Garrett Nussmeier returning for his fifth season, but Coach Brian Kelly said the Heisman candidate is playing through a torso injury. Tiger Rag Editor Glenn Guilbeau says it’s an injury Nussmeier has been dealing with this torso injury since preseason camp…

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Through three games this season, Nussmeier has completed 65-percent of his passes for 689 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.

Louisiana’s chronic absenteeism rate dropped two-percent for the 2024-25 school year after seeing it rise following the COVID pandemic. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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New Orleans native and former Baton Rouge resident Katherine LaNassa has won an Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama series. The 58-year-old LaNassa plays nurse Dana Evans in the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt. The Pitt won five emmys, including Outstanding Drama series.

After a 14-year decline in enrollment, McNeese is seeing an upward trend this year. University President Dr. Wade Rousse (“roose”) says this year’s freshman class is 13-percent bigger than last year’s.  Rousse says in the last 45 years, there’s been only one instance in which there’s been an increase as big.

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Rousse says he credits the increase in enrollment in part to a robust advertising and marketing campaign.

A 47-year-old Eunice woman is facing several charges for allegedly setting fire to a home with two juveniles inside. State Marshal’s Office spokesperson Ken Pastorick says the fire happened in May and after an extensive investigation detectives collected enough evidence to arrest Falice Anissa Oglesby…

Cut 3 (09) “…obstruction of justice.”

Pastorick says the home that was set on fire did not have working smoke detectors, but thankfully no serious injuries.

Louisiana has made strides in reducing the state’s chronic absenteeism rate among public school students. Chronic absenteeism rose following the COVID pandemic to a high of nearly 25-percent for the 2023-24 school year; but last year, the rate dropped two-percent. Misty Davis, the executive director of attendance strategies at the department of education, says a task force was formed to address absences.

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LSU head football coach Brian Kelly says starting quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has been dealing with a torso injury since fall camp….

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The Tigers will host Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday night.

McNeese State is celebrating its largest enrollment increase in 22 years as 65-hundred students are enrolled for the fall semester that’s up from 62-hundred in 2024. President Wade Rousse credits the increase in enrollment to a robust advertising and marketing campaign…

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Rousse says 78-percent of McNeese’s enrollment comes from the five-parish area that the school has traditionally focused on.

Authorities continue to investigate a murder-suicide in Bossier City that also saw two officers get shot. Bossier City P-D Sergeant Shawn Poudrier (Poo-dree-ur) says the officers injures are not life threatening, but a man shot himself after fatally shooting a woman in a domestic violence incident. Poudrier says once SWAT officers entered the home, they found a disturbing scene…

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The man is in critical condition.

Louisiana’s chronic absenteeism rate dropped two-percent for the 2024-25 school year after seeing it rise following the COVID pandemic. Jeff Palermo has the story.

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Scary afternoon for some Vernon Parish students yesterday as their bus was involved in a crash with another vehicle on Louisiana Avenue at Fort Polk.   A Facebook post by the installation reported some children were injured. We’re told the driver of the other vehicle had to be airlifted for treatment.

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Operation Lifesaver is using this week to spread awareness of the dangers of trespassing on railroad tracks. Nan Arthur, the state coordinator for international organization says the week has daily themes…today’s is Operation Clear Track.

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A little good news for officials at McNeese this fall where they’ve seen an end to a 14-year decline in enrollment. University President Dr. Wade Rousse (“roose”) says more and more students are choosing to attend McNeese.

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Dr. Rousse says what he’s most proud of is the more than 13-percent increase in the size of this year’s freshman class.

Louisiana’s public school absenteeism rate is finally headed in the right direction.  Chronic absenteeism in our state hit a high of nearly 25 percent in 2023-24, but last year it dropped two percent.  Misty Davis, the executive director of attendance strategies at the department of education, says a special task force was formed to address the issue and local school systems are also making prioritizing consistent attendance.

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An international organization is using this week to spread awareness of the dangers of trespassing on railroad tracks.  According to operation Lifesaver, it’s a big problem in Louisiana.  In fact more than ten people have been killed by trains while trespassing on railroad tracks in the last year.  Nan Arthur, the state coordinator for Operation Lifesaver.

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The Trump has announced that nearly  $500 million in federal funds will be redirected to historically Black colleges and universities and tribally controlled colleges and universities.  The news comes days after Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said her department would end discretionary funding to some grant  programs that required meeting racial or ethnic quotas.

An international organization is urging you not to fool around on train tracks. Andre Champagne reports.

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A woman is dead in what police in Bossier City are calling a murder-attempted suicide during a mental health crisis. Sergeant Shawn Poudrier (POO-dree-ur) a SWAT team was brought in and forced its way into the apartment, confronting the man, who was armed.

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Louisiana is making progress in reducing the state’s chronic absentee rates in public schools. After reaching a high of 25 percent in 2023, that number dropped last year by two percent.  Misty Davis, the executive director of attendance strategies at the department of education, says the plan to continue that trend is to focus on prevention and improving school culture, instead of punishment.

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After a 14-year decline in enrollment, McNeese is seeing an upward trend this year. University President Dr. Wade Rousse (“roose”) announcing this year’s freshman class is 13-percent bigger than last year’s.  Rousse says in the last 45 years, there’s been only one instance in which there’s been an increase as big.

Cut 5 (08) “…to this data.”

Rousse says he credits the increase in enrollment in part to a robust advertising and marketing campaign.