Two people were shot, and Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon was grazed by a bullet Thursday in Pierre Part. One victim, a neighbor of the suspect, was found wounded in a front yard when Falcon with a responding deputy arrived on scene on Bayou Drive. The sheriff confronted the suspect behind a house nearby and the suspect opened fire grazing the Sheriff. The suspect was then shot. Both the first victim and the suspect were transported to hospitals. Authorities say Sheriff Falcon is okay. State Police are investigating and say Falcon did not fire at the suspect.

Governor Landry has called a special session to adjust the calendar for the 2026 election cycle amid the Supreme Court case on the state’s second majority Black congressional district. The session will start next Thursday and will last 22 days. Jeremy Alford, the publisher of LaPolitics-dot-com, says the governor set the length to be on the safe side.

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The plan is to move the calendar back 30 days as the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality the state’s congressional districts.

Come next school year, high school sophomores will have fewer standardized tests to contend with. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Yesterday, LSU announced a series of security enhancements for the remainder of the football season after a pair of shootings on campus last weekend. One of those shootings stemmed from an unsanctioned event at a field that the university broke up, and Interim President Matt Lee says that venue is now off-limits.

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Unity Field, which is located near the intersection of Highland Road and South Stadium Drive.