House Education Committee approves legislation to prohibit teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in K-through-12 public classrooms. Haughton Representative Dodie Horton says her legislation would allow for discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity if the parent said it is okay…
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The bill passed on a 9 to 3 vote.
The full House overwhelmingly approves legislation requiring schools that receive state dollars to have the Ten Commandments posted in their classrooms. But New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry says it could create issues beyond being unconstitutional…
The bill likely will go to Senate Education next.
Three people have been arrested after 68-year-old James Morrow Ingram of Colfax’s burned body was found in the Kisatchie National Forest, April 2nd. Investigators say the suspects injected Ingram with a drug twice and when he died, they drove around in his car with his body inside, used his credit card, and then dumped him in the forest. Days later they went back and burned his body. Pineville Police Chief Darrel Basco…
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The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-2 tornado caused a considerable amount of damage in Lake Charles. Mayor Nic Hunter…
Tornadoes were also reported in Slidell and St. Francisville on Wednesday.