During the overnight hours, a member of the Northwestern State football team was shot several times on University Parkway and pronounced dead by the coroner’s office. Natchitoches Police Corporal John Greely says anyone who has information on the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Ronald Caldwell is urged to call Natchitoches Crimestoppers…
Cut 7 (07) “…for an arrest.”
Saturday’s game against Nicholls has been cancelled.
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise has received the House GOP nomination to be the next Speaker of the House, but it’s far from a done deal the full U-S House will have to elect him. Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says there are conservatives who are not backing Scalise…
217 votes are needed to be elected speaker of the House.
Louisiana’s 2023 high school class ACT scores increased for the first time since 2016. The state’s average composite score of 18-point-two was up from 18-point-one last year. State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley says students also showed a slight improvement in English, but more work needs to be done…
Even though Louisiana saw an increase in average composite scores, it’s still among the lowest in the country.
Louisiana has gotten some rain and relief from the drought and the average number of wildfires is decreasing daily but Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says some areas of the state are still dry and urges residents to abide by their local burn ban. Agricultural burning, however, Strain says is permitted…
Cut 13 (08) “…moving forward.”
Louisiana has spent 33 million dollars in fighting wildfires this year.