With Common Core testing scheduled for March, there are reports some families have decided on opting their kids out of taking the tests, which has some BESE members concerned. Eric Gill has more…
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The Louisiana National Guard wants to get the word out that smoke coming from Camp Minden next week has nothing to do with the disposal of 15-million pounds of M6 propellant. The guard says the smoke is actually the result of a prescribed forestry burn. Residents near Camp Minden are concerned about plans to burn M6 propellant.

A mobile home fire on Thursday night in Avoyelles Parish has claimed the lives of four people. State Fire Marshall Butch Browning says a father, grandmother, son, and daughter all perished in the blaze. The victims’ ages range from 10 to 73-years-old. Browning says firefighters tried to rescue them, but the flames were too intense…:
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The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson is in complete control, and a positive force in the league…
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Goodell was asked about the lawsuit filed by three of Benson’s family members who claim he’s not mentally fit to make important business decisions.