State Superintendent of Education John White says the state’s graduation rate has hit an all-time high of 78-percent. White says this class has benefited from policy changes made by BESE in 2012 and many in this class also participated in education classes prior to kindergarten…
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Louisiana’s high school graduation rate still trails the nation’s which is at 82-pecent.

We’re seeing more heavy rainfall across Louisiana today. State Climatologist Barry Keim says isolated areas could see another three inches of rainfall, which could produce street flooding
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Keim says the rain moves out of the state tomorrow and we have a dry week in front of us.

Officials in St. Tammany announce the start of a program that would let drug addicts turn in their drugs to police and get help instead of being arrested. Michelle Southern reports…
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The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s office says they’ve made an arrest in the death of a 16-year-old Kenner girl who was found dead in a ditch in St. Rose. The man arrested is Daniel Beckley and he’s been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jorian White. Beckley is the longtime boyfriend of the victim’s mother. Investigators say Beckley was the last known adult to see White alive.