With the voucher program being cut during the legislative session, 1/3 of kids who applied are now on a waiting list. Michelle Southern has more on what this means….
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Nick Tullier, an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputy, who was critically injured during the July 17th ambush on police in Baton Rouge is scheduled to undergo another surgery today. Tullier was shot in the torso and the head by the lone gunman who injured two and killed three officers. The deputy has been in critical condition since the shooting. The surgery will be on his torso.
Authorities have arrested the father of a 4-month-old who was found dead in a Lake Charles home and another person as been books in connection with the incident. Police Chief Don Dixon says 40-year-old Larry Champ and 25-year-old Courtney Moore each face charges of 2nd Degree Murder. Dixon says disturbing toxicology results came back from the child’s autopsy.
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23-year-old Danielle Allen was booked with Accessory after the fact.

Grand Isle’s biggest event of the year, the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo, is underway. The massive fishing festival draws thousands of people every year. Event spokesperson, Heather Martin says on the first day of the 88th annual rodeo, a man from Houma caught a 167 pound fish that took him 45 minutes to reel in.
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The fishing rodeo began in 1928 and is informally referred to as the Mardi Gras of Grand Isle.