11:30 LRN Newscast

Former DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts has been sentenced to 90 days jail for having sex with a teenager….

Cut 2 (34) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

The victim’s mother calls Roberts a predator with hair extensions and high heels. Roberts told the court she blames herself for what happened on July 20th 2024 during her teenage son’s birthday party. Roberts added she’s been an embarrassment to the city.

Also, Louisiana Radio Network regrets the error sent to our affiliates that wrongly identified Roberts as Misty Cordell, a candidate for Congress.

 

The Department of Education says literacy screening results show that at the end of the school year, more than 66-percent of students from kindergarten through third grade were reading at or above grade level– an increase of more than 16 percentage points. John Wyble, the CEO of the Center for Literacy and Learning, says this increase can be attributed to a return to the science of reading.

Cut 6 (11) “…what they read.”

What a thrill for a group of little leaguers in Pittsburgh as former LSU star and Pirates ace Paul Skenes stopped by their practice Monday and played catch with the kids and signed autographs. A father of one of the little leaguers, Eddie Dubis, says it’s something you don’t see very often from the modern professional athlete,….

Cut 5 (12) “…city of Pittsburgh”