Today marks 6 years since the start of the great flood of 2016, but now thousands of students in Livingston Parish have moved into two brand new, state-of-the-art schools. Southside Junior High and Elementary in Denham Springs were torn down after extensive damage from flood waters and have been on temporary campuses until now. Southside Junior High Coach and Teacher Terry Hoover says the new schools are incredible…:

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The flood of 2016 sent water into about 10-thousand homes and businesses in the Capital area.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating allegations of persons committing acts of animal cruelty on video and posting them on social media. Public outrage is growing, and the RPSO asks for patience while they investigate.

Deputies in St. Tammany Parish arrest two people in connection with the death of a 15-year-old who O.D.’ed on fentanyl last month. 41-year-old Felicia Grantham is accused of giving the teen the drug. 20-year-old Alvin Laurent is charged with the selling it to Grantham. Medical experts say fentanyl is very dangerous and one pill can kill.

Did you know there are native plants you can plant in your garden to help the endangered Monarch butterfly? Brooke Thorington has more.

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