Pro-life groups have concerns about the views new Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Rebekah Gee has on abortion. Louisiana Right to life says Gee was named as a plaintiff in a lawsuit backed by Planned Parenthood that dealt with stores making it easier to access the emergency contraceptive Plan B. Gee says one of the most important job’s she’s ever had was to lead an initiative aimed at combating prematurity because it’s the leading cause of infant mortality…

cut 9 (10) “once they’re born”

Gee says she is personally pro-choice, but when it comes to being the head of DHH, she’s pro-family.

Clinton Police have arrested a middle school teacher after a parent complained she found explicit messages on her child’s phones. 33-year-old Louis Smith Jr, an 8th grade teacher at East Feliciana Middle, is charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile, computer aided solicitation of a minor, and prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and student. Detectives say they are investigating to see if other students are involved.

Louisiana has received federal money to move members of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indian tribe living in Isle de Jean Charles in Terrebonne Parish to safer ground. Only 320 acres of the island remain and experts believe it will be completely submerged in 50 years. Chief Albert Naquin says they’re not sure where their new community will be…

cut 4 (06) “down the road”

The plan is to have residents relocated by 2019.

At the end of national signing day, LSU ended with one of top 5 recruiting classes in the nation according to the experts. The Tigers’ chances of landing the nation’s number one recruiting class took a hit, when LSU lost linebacker Erick Fowler to the Texas Longhorns. But head coach Les Miles will not lose sleep over missing out on a four-star prospect…

cut 14 (07) “coaching them”

Even though LSU missed on Fowler, they still signed a couple of four-star linebackers, Rahssan Thornton and John Ehret’s Michael Divinity.