Authorities have made an arrest in last week’s University of Louisiana at Lafayette bomb scare that caused the campus to shut down for a day. Michelle Southern has that…

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A second lawsuit has been filed over Common Core. This time a group of parents and teachers who support the education standard filed a suit against Governor Bobby Jindal. It alleges the governor’s series of executive orders and contract suspensions aimed at ridding the state of Common Core were unconstitutional. Yesterday, 17 state lawmakers who oppose Common Core filed a lawsuit challenging BESE’s adoption of the education standard on procedural grounds.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s office says they’ve arrested a Golden Meadow Police officer in connection with a methamphetamine investigation. Spokesman Brennan Matherne says they learned 37-year-old Officer Ashley Pollard and his brother, 33-year-old Courtney Pollard were allegedly making meth for personal use. They also learned the cop’s girlfriend, Anna King, was buying products for the meth lab. Matherne says they brought in Officer Pollard for questioning Monday…

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He says Golden Meadow Police Chief Reggie Pitre issued a statement indicating Pollard resigned from the department upon his arrest.

An LSU freshman football player is recovering in a hospital today after severely cutting his arm during an incident in the school’s weight room. Assistant editor of Tiger Rag magazine, Robert Stewart, says based on what they’ve been able to gather defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao, punched a window at the LSU football facility. Initial reports said he may need to have his arm amputated, but LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette says that’s not the case, but Stewart says it appears Trey has a long road of recovery ahead of him…

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Stewart says LSU has not said what led up this incident.