A Prairieville student is in custody after a hidden camera linked to the student was discovered in the girls locker. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Louisiana Department of Health Secretary, Courtney Phillips has submitted her resignation from office. Phillips oversaw the department during the national health crisis – the COVID-19 pandemic. The department was under scrutiny for its processing of Medicaid payments and a failed nursing home evacuation plan after Hurricane Ida that led to multiple elderly deaths in a Tangipahoa warehouse.
Governor John Bel Edwards said the department made strides in health equity and maternal mortality under Phillip’s leadership. Phillip will be replaced by longtime Health Department Attorney Stephen Russo. Phillips’s resignation will take effect on Thursday, April 6.
Haughton Representative Dodie Horton has filed a bill to ban the discussion of sexual preference or gender identity in the classroom. HB 466 would also prohibit school employees from sharing their own orientation with kids and the use of “preferred pronouns” opposite of the gender of the child’s birth records. Horton says when a child is in the classroom education should be the focal point.
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Horton’s bill will be heard in the upcoming legislative session.
Rapides Parish boys and girls high school basketball teams won the state championship but are not able to purchase rings due to insufficient funds. Northwood-Lena is the first school to win a title on both girls’ and boys’ teams in the same season. Northwood-Lena Coach Alan Tinsley says the total cost of the rings is estimated at $14,000 that was not placed in the budget.
Donations can be made to Northwood-Lena High School.