The House Education Committee has approved the Gator Scholarship Program which in a few years would allow families of any income level to receive state dollars to attend a private school. It would replace the state’s current voucher system which helps six-thousand students go to a private school, instead of attending a C, D, or F public school. Carencro Representative Julie Emerson says under her bill, even students at A-and-B public schools would have a choice…
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A Senate committee has approved a bill to give judges the sentencing option of surgical castration to someone convicted of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13. Lake Charles Senator Mark Abraham has a problem with castration if it’s a first offense.
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The bill’s author Regina Barrow says trusts a judge’s discretion.

The Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s office seeks the public’s help in identifying a murder victim found in 1993 south of Merryville. Colleen Crain has more…
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Authorities say the federal, district and city courthouses in downtown Lafayette have been evacuated as a result of a bomb threat. Officials say the threat was called in to all three courthouses. Lafayette Police are asking the public to avoid the area