St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne says 28-year-old Martha Jessenia Gutierrez -Serrano provided school officials with false documents so she can attend Hahnville High School as a 17-year-old to learn English. Champagne says the Honduran had other options…
cut 12 (11) “…government document”
Gutierrez-Serrano attended the school for the entire year as a ninth grader and investigators found no evidence of any other criminal activity.

Governor Edwards has signed into law a measure that would require State Police to develop a database to track rape kits. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell says the current process is not victim-friendly…
Cut 13 (13) “…progress is.”
Lawmakers appropriated $100 thousand to State Police to reduce the rape kit backlog along with $4.2 million more to the crime lab for general use

Another casualty of the budget fighting and confusion in the last minutes of the legislative session: funding for an important expansion of the Port of New Orleans is cut. Kevin Gallagher reports the Governor is not happy…:
Cut 1 (36) “…I’m Kevin Gallagher.”

Much of the state is under a heat advisory today. And it will be even hotter this weekend. Also a slight risk for severe thunderstorms continues for north Louisiana.