The House Appropriations Committee approves a spending plan for next fiscal year and it provides the necessary dollars to fully fund the TOPS scholarship program. Baton Rouge Representative Franklin Foil moved to 81-million dollars from the Louisiana Department of Health, so that TOPS students have their tuition costs completely covered….
cut 15 (09) “….a priority”
The state’s spending plan moves to the full House as the budget bill still has several steps before it gets through the legislative process.

The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s office is mourning the death of deputy Justin Beard, who was killed in a single vehicle wreck while responding to a burglar alarm. O-P-S-O spokesperson Glenn Springfield…
cut 7 (10) “…Deputy Beard”
Beard was a deputy at OPSO for over three years and leaves behind a wife and three young children.

A child sex abuse victim finally gets justice 30 years later. Halen Doughty has the story…:
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Halen Doughty”

The Diocese of Lafayette says the Reverend Felix David Broussard is expected to enter a guilty plea tomorrow in court on charges of accessing and possessing child pornography. Louisiana State Police arrested the Acadia Parish native last July after investigators allegedly found over 500 images of child porn his personal computer. Broussard served as a priest for the Diocese of Lafayette for over 20 years.