In a 7-4 vote, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has turned down a proposal to waive penalties against schools who have students that opt out from taking the Common Core exam. Before the vote, BESE members heard from frustrated parents and educators who are upset over the new academic standards. This parent didn’t hide her feelings…

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BESE sided with Education Superintendent John White, who says let’s wait and see how many opt outs there are first before making considerations.

Yesterday was a brutally cold day and a freeze warning remains in effect for portions of south Louisiana this morning. Fred Zeigler with the National Weather Service in Slidell says while it’s not unusual for it to be cold in March, the dramatic difference from 70s and 80s one day to 30s and 40s the next is not the norm…

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He says we can expect temperatures in the 50s and 60s the next couple of days.

The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s office says they are pleased to announce that after 34 years “Bossier Doe” now has an identity. Sgt. Dave Faulk says in January 1981 hunters found a partially decomposed body of an unknown white female who had been murdered and left in the woods. He says all these years they didn’t know who she was or where she came from…

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DNA testing identified “Bossier Doe” as 17-year-old Carol Ann Cole of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

“Marsh Madness” gets ramped up today in Lake Charles as girls’ state basketball champions will be crowned this weekend and the boys’ Top 28 tournament will begin there next week. Today’s state championship games will be highlighted by the Class 3-A title game between Mansfield and Baton Rouge’s University High. Sales Director of the Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Eric Zartler says they’re excited about tonight’s championship clash…

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This is the second year Lake Charles has hosted both the boys’ and girls’ state basketball tournaments.