2:30 pm LRN Newscast Sept 17

Over 20 students at Caddo Parish’s Southwood High school have been arrested in the past two days, after huge fights broke out on campus BOTH days. Caddo Sheriff’s spokesperson Bia Roldan says nine deputies responded to the school Thursday to a brawl at the student center…:

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This morning, another group of eight – girls between 14 and 17 – tied it up. All charged with disturbing the peace and face possible expulsion. One male student was charged with battery on an assistant principal.

Houma police mourn the loss of one of their own; 21-year-old rookie Officer Austin Bush crashed his police unit into a drainage basin, where it was completely submerged. Houma Police Chief Dana Coleman says all Bush ever wanted to be was a cop…:

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State Treasurer John Schroder has some harsh words for FEMA and their delay of reimbursing the Calcasieu Parish School Board. Brooke Thorington has more…:

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Attorney General Jeff Landry is among 24 state attorneys general threatening a group lawsuit if President Biden goes through with a mandate that all employers with 100 or more worker REQUIRE them to get a COVID vaccination. The AGs say that is an unconstitutional overstep by the White House.