Livingston Sheriff Jason Ard defends his decision to employ Dennis Perkins, who is in jail on sex crime charges. Matt Doyle reports Ard had a combative press conference with reporters today about an incident that happened with another child in 2013…
The Alabama Fan who poisoned the iconic Auburn University trees and Louisiana resident Harvey Updyke was a no show in court today. Updyke who lives in Albany, Louisiana was due in Lee County, Alabama for failure to pay restitution. Updyke posted on his facebook page that he was taking a bus from Louisiana to Alabama on Tuesday to appear in court and he was expected to be jailed. He has only paid $6,900 of the court-ordered $800-thousand.
LSU will likely be the number one team in the Associated Press Top 25 poll when they visit second-ranked Alabama on November ninth. Last year, Alabama shutout LSU in Tiger Stadium. But Nick Saban says the Tigers are completely different offense…
The nation’s report card indicates Louisiana has made the more improvements than any other state in 8th grade math. Eighth graders were ranked 48th for math. State Superintendent of Education John White says among the challenges to tackle in Louisiana is attracting STEM teachers to the education field.
Cut 14 (11) “…to the classroom.”
However among ACT scores in the state fell from 45th to 49th.