This year’s edition of the I Voted sticker is a striking piece designed by an Acadiana artist who hopes his work might just nudge a few more people off the sidelines and into voting booths. The last edition featured George Rodrigue’s iconic Blue Dog, and when Lafayette’s Tony Bernard got a good laugh in when he was asked to do this year’s follow-up.
Louisiana voters were first given I Voted stickers in the 2016 presidential election.
State Police say a Florida man was killed in Monday afternoon’s chain-reaction crash on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. Trooper Thomas Gossen says 31-year-old Christopher McGee was one of three 18-wheelers involved…
McGee’s tractor-trailer caught on fire and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Louisiana Department of Education data shows 46 percent of the general population hit “Top Growth” on their 2019 LEAP scores, while only 43 percent of African American students did. Superintendent of Education John White says they’re trying to close the achievement gap by helping schools develop tailored plans. For example, if data shows a specific school’s 3rd graders aren’t reading at grade level…
A 73-centimeter, 7 pound 14 oz Slidell creation sets two new Guinness world records for circumference and weight of a grapefruit. Growers Doug and Mary Beth Meyer say despite the accomplishment they do not expect other fruits on the same tree to break the record again.
Cut 11 (11) “…very very delicious.”
The previous record was set in Rio de Janeiro nearly 13 years ago.