A Rapides Parish daycare is shut down after reports of children wandering outside the facility unsupervised. Jumpin’ Jacks Development Center in Alexandria was closed on Tuesday by the Department of Education and will not be able to reopen. DOE spokesperson Sydni Dunn says they will have to go through an appeal process if the desire to reopen…
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If they appeal and lose, Jumpin’ Jacks will be ineligible to apply for another license for two years.
A biologist at LSU is working to develop biodegradedable beads in a push to stop the environmental damage that occurs after millions of pounds of Mardi Gras beads end up in landfills every year. Professor Naohiro Kato has a plan to grow algae in polls that are about the size of a football field. Each acre can produce a staggering amount…
According to 247 Sports LSU had it’s lowest ranked recruiting class since 2005, and missed out on the top cornerback in the nation at the last second. Matt Doyle takes a look at a disappointing day in Tigerland.
The AP is reporting Gov. John Bel Edwards is flexible on tax ideas to close a $1 billion budget gap and stave off deep cuts to services, except for a proposal that renews the 1 percent sales tax whose expiration is creating most of the shortfall. He said a tax hike affects the poor and a task force of Louisiana economists says it’s a bad policy and out of step with other states.