A St. Tammany Parish school teacher is arrested and faces 142 counts of pornography including juvenile, 60 counts of computer-aided solicitation involving a minor, and 120 counts of prohibited sexual contact of an educator with a student. STPSO Lt. Suzanne Carboni says Jarvis Harry was in arrested in Tangipahoa Parish last week while on leave and detectives found disturbing images in Harry’s possession.
Cut 7 (12) “…pictures of students”
Baton Rouge Police have made an arrest and say yesterday’s fatal shooting of an employer of Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center was a domestic violence incident. Patricia Jackson was gunned down in the parking lot as she was leaving work. Lieutenant L’Jean McKneely says Roland Domino was located on the Mississippi River Bridge as he was contemplating suicide….
Today, President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of dissolving the U.S. Department of Education. Congressional approval will be needed, and the move has the support of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. The Metairie representative says he favors moving control of education to the states.
Cut 12 (11) “…a better product.”
Scalise says the federal government has not gotten a good return on the money that it’s spent on education since 1979, when the Department of Education was established.
A red flag warning is in effect for central and south Louisiana, as the region deals with low humidity and high winds. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says dewpoint temperatures are what areas like Phoenix would expect, not Louisiana.