The Department of Education is pushing to diversify the teacher population and address longstanding retention issues.
A physician from Baton Rouge was killed in a hostage situation at a medical complex in Austin, Texas Tuesday night. A SWAT team found two bodies in the medical complex after negotiators spent hours trying to speak to the people inside the building.43-year old Dr. Katherine Spaht Dodson, was identified by police during a news conference today. The gunman was also found dead from an apparent suicide.
An outbreak of more than 20 COVID-19 cases connected to a high school wrestling tournament in Gonzales has led to LHSAA canceling the remainder of the wrestling regular season. LHSAA president David Frederico says they still wanted to hold the state championships, but the best way to get there was to end the regular season.
Former Baton Rouge state representative Steve Carter died of COVID-19 complications Tuesday, three weeks after he was hospitalized. Carter, a former tennis coach at LSU, served 12 years in the legislature. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Carter was a well-respected lawmaker and acted as a mentor for incoming members.
Carter was 77.