The state education department decides students will take the Common Core tests next spring on paper, instead of on a computer. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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State Police are investigating a single vehicle crash in Assumption Parish that has claimed the life of a 4-year-old boy. They say a vehicle, driven by 22-year-old Toniska Willoughby of Napoleonville, traveled off the roadway into a ditch where it struck a culvert. Little Cason Willoughby, Toniska’s son, was pronounced dead at the scene. Toniska was transported to an area hospital with moderate injuries. Authorities say Cason was not properly restrained at the time of the crash.

A University of New Orleans Survey Research Center poll of nearly 600 registered Louisiana voters shows that 52-percent of respondents feel the state is moving in the wrong direction. UNO Political Science Professor Ed Chervenak says this poll also shows 53-percent of voters disapprove of what Governor Bobby Jindal is doing…

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He says people are unhappy regardless of race, gender, or party affiliation.

Daylight Saving Time is over and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission is asking motorists to be more alert now that it will get dark much earlier. Spokesperson Elaine Rougeau says fatigue from drivers is another concern with the time change…

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Rougeau says there are no hard statistics that show there’s an increase in accidents in the days following a time change, but highway safety officials do see more accidents at night.