Taking the A-C-T would no longer be a requirement for some high school students under legislation awaiting the governor’s signature. On the final day of the legislative session, state lawmakers gave approval to Bossier City Representative Dennis Bamburg’s bill that says if a student is seeking a career-path diploma they could take a job skills test or a military readiness test. Bamburg says it’s about giving parents options…
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Since 2013 Louisiana has required every high school student to take the ACT.

It’s the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On this day more than 156-thousand Allied Ground troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in a turning point in World War Two. During the legislative session, lawmakers approved a resolution honoring the 33 Louisianans who died in the gruesome battle. Colonel Jerome Buller with the state department of veterans affairs…
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In Shreveport, Former KTBS news director and anchor Bill Lunn vehemently denies he was sexting with a girl who identified herself as a minor. Three men who describe themselves as predator hunters allegedly caught Lunn in the act as they pretend to be underage girls online in an effort to catfish men in the Shreveport area trying to meet up with underage girls for sex. Shreveport Police is investigating.

The Kenny Wayne Shepard band is performing at the Baton Rouge Raising Canes River Center on July 13th, and they are looking for a local band to open their show.
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