The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office says a man shot and killed his 7-year-old daughter, then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder/suicide. Sheriff Doug Anderson says they got a 911 call around 8:50pm Wednesday evening in reference to two bodies laying in a field in the Vick area…:
CUT 6 (08) “shot to death”
Many questions still remain as to why Ryan Recktenwald would even do this.

Even though 388 soldiers from Fort Polk have been cut, resulting from the Army’s nation-wide troop reduction, officials are relieved that the base will not be touched by the reductions. He says their main concern was cuts to the depolyable combat brigade, there will be no loses there…
cut 13 (08) “that value”
That’s Fort Polk Progress Chairman Michael Reese.
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Public comments are coming in about Common Core, after the State Department of Education set up an online portal fo feedback on the curriculum. This is part of the review process supported by Lake Charles Representative Brett Geymann. Those comments will be reviewed next month by educators and other experts, who will provide BESE with possible changes to Common Core….
CUT 4 (11) “moving forward”
To make your comments, visit louisiana-dot-state standards-dot-com.

The investigation continues in Zachary following a discovery of the body of a sex offender. Authorities found 47-year-old Robert Noce had been stabbed, strangled and stuffed in a plastic drum at his home. A 21-year-old man and 17-year-old woman-have been charged in his murder. The woman is listed in court documents as one of Doce’s victims.