The Senate Education Committee approved a bill requiring public schools to display “In God We Trust” in their buildings and instruct the students on what the motto means. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says many kids are not taught proper morals, values, and beliefs by their parents, so public schools should fill that void.
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There was very little discussion on the measure and it now moves to the Senate floor.

PETA is offering a five-thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who poured chemicals on a dog, leaving it with burn injuries. The two-year-old Shih Tzu was found in a flower bed by a resident of St. Charles Parish. PETA spokesperson Kearney Whelan Robinson says this case of animal abuse is very concerning…
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A 14-year-old girl from Jonesville is the latest teenager facing a charge of terrorizing for an alleged threat she made at a local school. Block High School in Catahoula Parish was evacuated Wednesday when the note was found and State Trooper Scott Moreau says detectives quickly responded…
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KNOE-TV reports the teenager left a kill list of names and that something would happen during a scheduled assembly at 12:30.

Baton Rouge authorities arrested 49-year-old Eric Augustus for allegedly killing his 76-year-old girlfriend. Sergeant L’Jean McKneely says Augustus admitted to investigators he smoked some mojo and then god told him to kill Lovie Variste, his live-in girlfriend…
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McKneely says Augustus was very remorseful after he came down from his high.