Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day when more than 156-thousand Allied ground troops stormed the beaches of Normandy….
cut 5 (10) “…be remembered”
That’s Colonel Jerome Buller with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.

Awaiting the governor’s signature is a bill that would allow some high school students to opt out of taking the ACT test. Bossier City Representative Dennis Bamburg’s bill would give career-path diploma students the option to take a job skills test or a military readiness test instead. Bamburg says requiring a student who does not plan on attending college to take the ACT is lowering the state’s overall ACT score…
cut 9 (09) “…the ACT”
BESE President Ronnie Morris is urging the governor to veto this bill, because he says the proposed law would weaken school accountability.

Governor Landry has signed a bill to repeal a law that would have put speed cameras on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. It is welcome news to St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux, who has increased patrols on the bridge in 2022 and he says it’s helped reduce speeding and prevented crashes…
Cut 3 (07) “…by 25-percent.”
He says it is better to have a law enforcement presence versus cameras.

The Kenny Wayne Shepard band is performing at the Raising Canes River Center on July 13th in Baton Rouge, and they want a band from Louisiana to open up for them. They plan to hold a Battle of the Bands competition at the Texas Club in Baton Rouge on June 21 and they are taking submissions now. Kenny Wayne Shepard says this is a great opportunity for an aspiring Louisiana band.

Cut 13 (10) “…touring act.”
Go to Eagle981.com for info.