A request for a lower bond is denied in the case of a Marksville deputy who is connected to the fatal shooting of a six-year-old boy. Jeff Palermo has the story…1
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The New Orleans City Council has voted for the removal of four confederate monuments from their current location. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Newly announced key cabinet members say they are up to the challenge of taking on their role for the incoming Edwards Administration. Former Congressman Charlie Melancon will be the new head of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. He says he’s looking forward to trying to find a balance between private and commercial fisherman…:
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Melancon served in the US House of Representatives from 2006-2011. Shawn Wilson will take the reins as Secretary of the Department of Transportation. He’s been the DOTD Chief of Staff for 10 years and looks forward to carrying out Edwards’ vision for a comprehensive transportation system…:
Some had questioned whether or not Edwards would keep on Col Mike Edmonson as the Superintendent of State Police. The Governor-elect said local law enforcement officials including the Sheriff’s Association and the Chiefs of Police reached out to him and expressed their desire to see Edmonson continue to serve…:
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A Baton Rouge man was arrested for placing a small camera in the men’s urinal at an office building. Baton Rouge Police Cpl. L’Jean Mckneey says 52-year-old Stephen McCants was charged with Video Voyeurism after a man found his camera in the bathroom and notified authorities
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Mckneely says after the photo was released to the media, they got many tips alerting them that the man in the video was Stephen McCants. He says once he was brought in for questioning, McCants admitted to placing the camera in the bathroom.
Mckneely says they were able to obtain a search warrant for McCants’ house and found additional footage from the camera. He says even though McCants claims it was a joke, putting a video camera in the rest room is always illegal.
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The New Orleans City Council votes for the removal of four confederate monuments from their current locations. The council made its decision after passionate arguments from both sides. The first person to speak was New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who called on the council to remove the monuments after a mass shooting at an African American church in South Carolina.
Landrieu proposes that the monuments, including the one of General Robert E. Lee, be moved to a museum. He says it’s time for the city to cut its ties with our Confederate past….
A Pro-monument speaker discussed how the monuments are part of New Orleans’ rich culture. He relayed a quote from a blogger in favor of keeping up the statues…
The pro-monument speaker says they would like to place interpretive plaques on the monuments to explain the current and past meaning of each statue. He says the monuments help to make the city unique.
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Louisiana public schools received an overall letter grade of “B” from the state department of education. That’s based on a vareity of factors including test and graduation data from the previous school year. State Superintendent of Education John White
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Ten school districts received an “A” grade, 30 received a “B” grade, while nine school districts have a “D” grade and two school districts received a failing grade. White says it will be more difficult to achieve an “A” or “B” score in future years…
Go to Louisiana-believes-dot-com to find out the letter grade of the public school your child attends. White says the department of education has taken steps to improve school performance over the last 10 years…
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