The State Department of Education announce average ACT scores increase for a 4th straight year. Michelle Southern reports…:
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NOAA has increased its projected total of named storms for this hurricane season. In May, government forecasters predicted 11 to 17 named storms, now they call for 14 to 19. Lead hurricane season forecaster Gerry Bell:
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He says this could be the most active season since 2010.

Baton Rouge Police say a truck driver from Tennessee was robbed then killed while changing a tire in a parking lot Tuesday morning. They believe 49-year-old Keith Odom was shot after he turned over his possessions to the robber and died at a local hospital. No suspect in the killing has been identified…:
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That’s BRPD’s Sgt. Don Coppola.

School is back for many students that means motorists need to be prepared to share the road again with school buses. State Farm spokesperson Kip Diggs says if there’s a bus on the road, school children are guaranteed to be nearby…
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Louisiana law requires vehicles to stop 30 feet away when children are getting off the bus.