Deputies in Rapides Parish seized over 108 pounds of powder cocaine during a traffic stop on LA Highway 28 East of Pineville. Sheriff’s spokesman Tommy Carnline says deputies assigned to the RADE Unit Highway Interdiction Team conducted a traffic stop on a big rig for improper lane usage…:

CUT 12(07)      “…criminal activity”

A drug dog located the coke amongst a shipment of fresh mangoes. The driver is being held pending a half-million-dollar bond.

Legislation to mandate dyslexia screening for all kindergarten kids in the state moves out of a House Committee. Bill sponsor and Gretna Rep. Joe Marino says children would get tested in the second semester of their kindergarten year…:

CUT 10(07)      “…at risk.”

He says 1-in-5 kids have dyslexia and early detection leads to better outcomes. That bill now goes to full debate on the House floor.

St. Mary Parish deputies arrest a Houma man they say was involved in nearly 60 auto burglaries in just one night. 20-year-old Collin Tribe and an unnamed second suspect – also from Terrebonne Parish – broke into the cars during the overnight hours Tuesday. They face 57 counts of motor vehicle burglary and are being held on bond.

A team of researchers from UL-Lafayette will design and build a small solar-powered satellite that will be used by NASA to help keep astronauts and the public safe from radiation. ULL students have done this before; putting satellites in orbit back in 2007, 2013 and 2021. Team leader Dr. Jared Tessier…:

CUT 08(12)      “…this satellite.”

The satellite will orbit the earth at least twice a day and will gauge radiation in space through measurements taken with a neutron radiation detector.