Starting this school year, third graders will not be promoted to the fourth grade if they score “well below” at least three times on a literacy screener test….
cut 5 (12) “…beyond the third”
That’s Superintendent of Education Doctor Cade Brumley, who says tutoring and other services will be available for third graders who are struggling to read at grade level.

Mugshots are more accessible as a result of a new law that went into effect this month…
cut 12 (11) “…parameters on it”
. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh authored legislation that reversed a 2022 law that made most mugshots unavailable depending on the crime that person was accused of.

It’s the first day of school for many students, which means yellow school buses are once again populating our roads. Brooke Thorington has more.
Cut 2 (33) “…I’m Brooke Thorington.”

State Police is investigating a fatal bicycle crash that claimed the life of 39-year-old Lawrence Hebert of New Iberia. It happened Tuesday night in Lafayette Parish on Louisiana Highway 343 near Landry Road in Duson. L-S-P says Hebert was hit from behind by a GM Sierra and died from his injuries. He was not wearing helmet and his bicycle had no lights or reflectors.