A University of New Orleans Survey Research Center poll shows that a majority of respondents feel the state is moving in the wrong direction. Scott Carwile reports…

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Shreveport Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that took place early this morning near a night club. 26-year-old Michael Falcon is charged with second degree murder in the incident. Authorities say the victim, 25-year-old Malcolm Perry, was taken to a local hospital for non life-threatening injuries.

Third through eighth grade students in public schools will take Common Core exams next spring on paper, instead of on a computer as originally planned. State Education Superintendent John White says after talking with teachers, he thought it was best to go with a paper-and-pencil exam for the first year…

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About 300-thousand students will take the Common Core tests in March and there’s another session in May.

A Sunday morning single vehicle accident in Livingston Parish has taken the life of an Independence woman. Louisiana State Police say 42-year-old Stephanie Prattini, for unknown reasons, ran off the road where her vehicle entered a ditch, struck a culvert, and overturned. Prattini, who was reportedly unrestrained at the time of the accident, was pronounced dead at the scene.