Louisiana ranks among the Top Ten states nationally for Educational Freedom. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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Thibodaux Police continues to search for the gunman who fatally shot 15-year-old Jarian Cole from Assumption Parish on Saturday afternoon. Lt. Clint Dempster says Cole was shot multiple times in the back inside a home…
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Dempster says detectives are working around the clock searching for the shooter.

The U.S Marshals Office says its “Summer Knights” operation in the New Orleans metro area led to the recovery of fourteen missing endangered teens and eight arrests were made. Brian Fair, a senior inspector aid says most of the endangered teens were runaway…
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Fair says they also reocvered a 15-year-old female who claimed to be pregnant and planing to relocate to Texas. She was recovered while walking on Canal Street in New Orleans with an adult male.

A Washington Post Analysis ranks Louisiana 17th in the country in the retention of college graduates. The governor’s communications director Lauren Leist says in the six years the governor has been in office, he’s worked to diversify the state’s economy which is allowing college grads to stay right here to begin their careers…
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