Many students are behind the curve due to the pandemic and the State Department of Education hopes to reverse that with a new tutoring program. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says the Accelerate program focuses on bolstering the math and English language arts education they already receive in regular class hours.
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Teacher Leader Advisors are developing the tutoring lessons and the first set of lessons in grades K-through-eighth grade will be released this spring.

2020 was a tough year between the coronavirus pandemic and hurricanes. FEMA is reminding Louisiana residents they are offering free crisis counseling…
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FEMA spokesperson Melissa Wilkins says to call 1-800-985-5990 for crisis counseling.

Three men are charged with two counts of first-degree murder each for the homicides of two Montegut women last month. Brooke Thorington has more on the alleged murder for hire scheme.
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Shreveport police say the man who attacked two hospital employees with a large knife at the Ochsner LSU Health Hospital has been arrested. One of the victim’s is the suspect’s mother. The suspect has been identified as 27-year-old ZaOkoye Chatman and authorities believe Chatman also killed a man Sunday at a gas station in New Orleans with a machete.