13:30 Newscast, May 11th, 2016

Former Iberville Parish teacher of the year will spend two years behind bars for having sex with three of his former students. Emelie Gunn has more…:
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Police say a child was killed in Ruston this morning after being struck by her mother’s vehicle as she was dropping her child off at school. Ruston Police Deputy Chief Clint Williams says first responders arrived at New Living Word Church shortly before eight AM:
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The Edwards Administration is very concerned about state funding for healthcare, as the full House is set to debate the proposed spending plan for next fiscal year. Department of Health and Hospitals Sec. Rebekah Gee says the House budget committee shifted dollars away from DHH and this could lead to multiple hospital closures and would eliminate jobs that inspect potentially unsafe facilities…:
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The budget bill is slated to be taken up on the House floor tomorrow.

More layoffs are coming to the state. The Louisiana Workforce Commission said today Martin Mills announced the permanent closure of its Vidalia Distribution Center, which would result in 167 employees losing their jobs starting July 10th. LWC says their Rapid Response team will conduct orientation sessions for affected workers in two weeks.