The Broussard Middle School Teacher of the Year was arrested Wednesday for child sex abuse. Authorities say 37-year-old eighth grade math teacher, Christie Oster has been charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile. She is being held at the Lafayette jail on a $50,000 bond.
At the height of the storm related power outages, around 130,000 customers were without power in north and central Louisiana. Thursday afternoon, there are still almost 50,000 in the dark. Niyka(NIGH-kah) Scott with Entergy says restoring power in winter conditions is very challenging. Yesterday, workers found live powerlines beneath banks of ice.
Cut 7 (08) “…it’s warm weather.”
We could be facing another federal government shutdown, at least a partial shutdown – if the Senate fails to approve a House-passed funding package by midnight tomorrow night. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says before last weekend, the six pending bills were cruising towards passage.
Cut 3 (08) “…that want changes.”
Democrats are saying they will pass the budgets for the other five departments, but they want to pull Homeland Security from the package.
Starting Sunday, if you do not have proper identification, it will cost you a little more to fly. Travelers that do not present an acceptable form of identification at the security checkpoint will have to pay a new 45-dollar “Identity Verification Fee.” TSA spokesperson Gervais Joubert on what is considered an acceptable form of ID to fly…