Calcasieu, Jackson, and Central School systems were the leaders in the state for the percentage of opt-outs during Monday’s first day of statewide PARCC testing. Jackson Parish had an opt-out rate of 13-percent, Calcasieu at 12 percent, and eight-percent was for Central…
CUT 6 (07) “Central Intermediate”
That’s Central School Superintendent Michael Faulk who says false social media information had a lot to do with the numbers.

Fake information is out about the town of Dequincy, claiming they passed a law to make polygamy legal. The bogus news item showed up from -quote- “The News Examiner”, and Mayor Lawrence Henagan says it was pretty obvious the story was not real…
CUT 9 (11) Q: ‘around here’
He adds the stories are just getting old.
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A State Police investigation into criminal activity at Jackson Parish Hospital has lead to the arrest of four people, three of which were hospital employees. Sgt. James Anderson says investigators discovered different forms of criminal activity going on at the hospital…
CUT 3 (09) “at the hospital”
Arrested were a husband a wife; Cody and Elizabeth Cheatwood, along with Vickie Booker and the former hospital pharmacist Aaron Nash.

There’s new information out about a viral photo showing a man abandoning his dog at a Slidell gas station, then driving away. The Humane Society of Louisiana Director Jeff Dorson says, with the help of some witnessed, they believe they have tracked down the owner….
CUT 14 (10) Q: “at large”