Despite opposition from Governor Jindal, the Senate Education committee approves legislation designed to control the cost of the TOPS scholarship program. Mandeville Senator Jack Donahue, says as tuition costs rise, so does the cost for TOPS and something needs to be done to preserve the program…
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Donahue’s bill sets a base amount that students receive and it will not automatically increase with the rise in tuition.

Another teacher in Louisiana has been arrested for inappropriate conduct with a student. Cops in Lake Charles say 35-year-old Nicole Odom of Iowa had sexual encounters with a juvenile on several occassions…
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Odom has been dismissed as a teacher from Lake Charles Charter Academy.

Funeral services are scheduled for Monday for Caddo Parish District Attorney Charles Scott, who was found dead at a hotel on LSU’s campus. An autopsy on Scott’s body is expected today. Officials believe he died of natural causes.

A benefit will be held today for St. Charles Parish deputy Corporal Burt Hazeltine. Eric Gill has more…
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