Last night 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde of Harvey became the first ever Louisianan and first ever African American to win the Scripps national Spelling Bee after correctly spelling Murraya, a genus of a citrus plant native to southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Here’s how Zaila approached the spelling of the word
Zaila told ABC’s Good Morning America she studies 13-thousand words a day.
Legendary escape artist Cara the Burmese Python is back safe in her exhibit at the Blue Zoo in Baton Rouge after spending most of the week evading capture in the Mall of Louisiana. Dr. Christopher Austin with LSU’s Museum of Natural Science says it’s good she was found…
Pfizer is lobbying for a vaccine booster shot but the CDC and FDA say not so fast. Jeff Palermo has more.
State Police are investigating a non-fatal police shooting in Lafayette that landed a suspect in the hospital in stable condition. Officers reportedly were responding to a suicidal individual who approached officers in the parking lot of an apartment complex. At some point during the interaction an officer fired, hitting the person.