11:30 LRN Newscast

McNeese has a new president – and for the time being, he’ll be doing double duty. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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We could see triple digit high temperatures this week. LSU Health climatologist Barry Keim…

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Rain chances return on Thursday.

 

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is reporting good news about the state’s whooping crane recovery effort.   18 of the 20 total pairs that nested were able to hatch chicks this year, the largest percentage ever. LDWF Biologist Sara Zimorski…

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Louisiana’s whooping crane reintroduction project began in 2011 and the Louisiana whooping crane population is now up to 84.

The Louisiana Department of Education has named Alisha Butler as the Louisiana Teacher of the Year. Butler teaches dual enrollment English and intermediate Braille at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired in Baton Rouge….

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Lauren Rentrop, the principal at Patterson Junior High in St. Mary Parish was named the Louisiana Principal of the Year. The Louisiana Early Childhood Leader of the Year is Sarah Corley of Alexandria. Katie Weber, a ninth grade English Teacher at Fontainebleau High School in St. Tammany is the New Teacher of the Year.