A central Louisiana woman created a GoFundMe account which benefits a man who had a part in raising LSU’s dying mascot, Mike IV. Steve Cotner of Indiana posted online that he wished there was a way he could come say his final goodbyes to the tiger he knows as Roscoe. Jeri Guinn of Pineville said Cotner’s story touched her so launched a GoFundMe:
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She says they’ve reached the goal of raising over $3000 and hopes Cotner can be here by the end of the week.

The US Justice Department has released a statement to update the status of the criminal investigation into Alton Sterling’s death by Baton Rouge Police Officers. US Attorney Walt Green says it’s ongoing and there is no timetable on when the investigation will be finished. He says a team of career federal prosecutors, FBI agents and support personnel have devoted hundreds of hours to the investigation.

Tonight the Jefferson Parish Public School Board is scheduled to take a vote on whether Parish President Mike Yenni will be allowed at school functions. Yenni said he has no plans to step down in the wake of an apparent sexting scandal that he admitted to and apologized. School board member Mark Morgan says tonight’s motion would ban Yenni from schools:
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He says the boy Yenni admitted to texting he met at a school which makes this an important matter.

The former assistant principal accused of killing and dumping a pregnant teacher’s body in a ditch pleaded “not guilty” in court Tuesday morning. 39-year-old Robert Marks was arraigned on charges of second degree murder and first degree feticide.