Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville has removed an exhibit sign describing the slaves who lived there as “happy”. Matt Doyle talked to a Southern University professor about the controversy…
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Four employees at the Louisiana Special Education Center in Alexandria who were under a police investigation are back at work. The state department of education says they were notified by the Rapides parish District Attorney’s office that allegations of serious infractions involving residents were unfounded.

The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved an extension and pay raise for football coach Ed Orgeron. Athletics Director Joe Alleva appeared at today’s meeting and said Orgeron is deserving of a 500-thousand dollar raise…
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Orgeron’s new contract runs through 2023 and his annual salary is four million dollars, the ninth highest in the SEC.

The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s office says 37-year-old Tara Jackson of Broussard left her two small children in an unlocked vehicle for about an hour and half while she gambled at a video poker truck stop in St. Martinville. Major Ginny Higgins says the children are okay, but something bad could happened in the kids, even if it’s not terribly hot outside…
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Jackson has been charged with two counts of child desertion.