The LSU Foundation says the percentage of alumni who give to LSU on a regular basis is “dead last” in the Southeastern Football Conference. Jeff Palermo reports…:
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Former US Senate candidate and retired Air Force colonel Rob Maness will run for the US Senate seat that’s being vacated by David Vitter next year. He officially declared his intention to run in a filing with the Federal Elections Commission. Maness ran for US Senate in 2014, finishing third behind Mary Landrieu and Senator Bill Cassidy.

A Calvary Baptist Academy teacher is under arrest accused of engaging in inappropriate conduct with a student through online messaging. According to State Police, 25-year-old Kyle Rutledge of Shreveport contacted a 16-year-old female student online. Trooper Matt Harris says the victim immediately told her parents who then notified the school and authorities:
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Harris says Rutledge was charged with Computer Aided Solicitation of a Minor, Indecent Behavior with Juveniles, and Prohibited Sexual Conduct between Educator and Student.

The Breaux Bridge Police Department arrests a woman accused of driving drunk in a crash that left a 9-year-old dead. They say 35-year-old Leah Kilchrist of Breaux Bridge crossed the center line on a roadway and hit another vehicle that was occupied by a family of four, including the child who died. Kilchrist is charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular negligent injury, driving left of center and no driver’s license.