Governor John Bel Edwards has plans to recommend a raise of at least a grand for public school teachers, the first substantial raise in about a decade. The plan would also see cafeteria workers and other personel get a pay best of $500 annually. The governor’s education policy advisor Donald Songy says the state can afford it, thanks to a strengthening economy…
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Response from teachers unions has been mixed, with one of the state’s two major organizations saying 1,000 just isnt enough considering Bayou teachers a 1,850 dollars below the regional average.
An Alexandria woman faces second-degree murder in the death of her husband in front of their three children Saturday in the parking lot of a Walmart. Alexandria Police say 31-year-old Kayla Coutee shot her 30-year-old estranged husband, Thomas Coutee. Corporal Wade Bourgeois…
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Drivers on I-12 West between Hammond and Walker got a nasty surprise today as the road was littered with nails, leading to over a dozen flats for commuters. State Police Spokesperson Trooper Bryan Lee says it’s not too uncommon, and as such there’s a special vehicle ready to go when the nails hit the road.