The budget issues plaguing the TOPS scholarship program is prompting more students to apply for federal financial assistance. The rate of kids completing the FASFA form increased by 24% from last year. Educational Technology Consultant Stephanie Marcum hopes this trend continues…:
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You can find out more about federal aid and low-cost loans for students by visiting the FAFSA.ed.gov.

There’s been a major drug bust in Central Louisiana as State Police say nearly $2 million dollars in narcotics are now off the streets. Trooper Scott Moreau…:
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They say 37-year-old Derrick Felton of Alexandria was booked into the Rapides Parish Detention center.

Tiger Stadium was once again broken into but this time police were able to make an arrest. According to LSU police, two students from the University of Oklahoma were busted when breaking in to the southeast gate of the stadium around noon Sunday, and when confronted they both ran away. 20 year old Samuel Holland and 19-year-old Lucas Miller have been charged with unauthorized entry of a place of business and resisting an officer by flight in the incident.

Could we one day see a self-driving bus pick up and drop off passengers in New Orleans? Don Molino has more…:
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