11:30 Newscast, April 13th 2015

As the legislative session begins, education is always a big topic, and one lawmaker wants to make sure there are enough quality substitute teachers. Ville Platte Representative Bernard LeBas this bill would enable retired teachers to spend more time in the classrooms without their pension being affected. He says under present law, retired teachers are only allowed to work up to 25% of their retirement checks…:
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He says HB 43 would raise the salary cap to 50 percent of benefits.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for southeast Louisiana until Tuesday evening. The National Weather Service says several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected to fall over the next couple of days in those areas were the ground is already wet from recent heavy rainfall. They say amounts of 3 to five inches will be possibly.

A State Trooper and a Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s deputy have been arrested on racketeering charges in a case where they allegedly planted drugs on an individual. Eric Gill reports…:
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The ESPN produced film “Shaq and Dale” debuts tonight on the SEC Network at eight PM. Country music superstar and Louisiana native Tim McGraw does the narration as the show dives in to the special relationship between Shaquille O’ Neal and Dale Brown.