State Police say an on-duty St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot by a fellow deputy yesterday during a domestic dispute in LaPlace. Spokesperson Melissa Matey says when they arrived Lt. Nolan Anderson had fired several shots in the air, and then turned the gun on the officers. Matey says the cops were then forced to take action…:
CUT 5 (07) “pronounced deceased”
Matey says Anderson was a 25-year veteran of the sheriff’s office.

State Police say two men are dead following a Wednesday morning accident in Lafourche parish involving and 18-wheeler and a dump truck. They say the victims are 38-year-old Murphy Callais Jr. of Cut Off and 62-year-old Lloyd Coleman of Thibodaux. Investigators believe Callais tried to pass a dump truck then hit the mac truck head on before being struck by the dump truck. Coleman was the driving of the 18-wheeler. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.

Sugar cane harvest season starts to ramp up with the beginning of grinding season today. American Sugar Cane League’s Jim Simon (SEE-moan) says weather conditions really affected Louisiana’s sugar cane beginning with the cold winter…:
CUT 8 (09) “as we’d like”
He asks drivers to be on the lookout for sugar cane trucks on the road with the harvest kicking into gear.

Survey results released by the Louisiana Department of Education show that aspiring teachers need more experience in the classroom before they are employed by a school. Superintendent John White agrees and says it makes sense that those preparing to be teachers have taught under a mentor teacher…:
CUT 15 (07) “improving our programs”
He says the extra time in the classroom should be used for teaching and not observation.