Among those who rode out Katrina 20 years ago was Louisiana’s lieutenant governor – back then, a private citizen. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The state department of education will use five million dollars in federal money to tutor more students struggling in literacy or math. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A six-year-old girl is recovering after being shot in Lafayette over the weekend. Lafayette Police Detective Ken Handy says fortunately, the girl will survive.
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Detective Handy says one suspect was initially arrested.
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(The suspect is Daylon Andrus, and he’s charged with attempted second-degree murder). This morning, a second suspect, Ja Andrea Kentrell Willis, was arrested in Beaumont, Texas; he’s awaiting extradition back to Lafayette. Handy says the circumstances surrounding the shooting are still under investigation.
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Back in August of 2005, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was a private citizen who rode out Hurricane Katrina at his home in Plaquemines Parish, which was one of the hardest-hit parishes. Nungesser says what he experienced that day are things he will never forget.
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Nungesser helped with the rescue effort, and he said he helped rescue 30 people by airboat.
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But he said he had to leave others behind because they couldn’t fit in the boat. He brought some of the people he rescued to his house; and he said if he had not done that, it’s unclear whether they would have survived. And Nungesser says humans weren’t the only ones he helped rescue.
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The Louisiana Department of Education is investing five million dollars into the Steve Carter Tutoring program, which will result in more students receiving high dosage tutoring. Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, Doctor Jenna Chiasson, says the five million dollars from the department of education is on top of the five-million dollars the state legislature appropriated for this school year…
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Now in its third year, the Steve Carter Tutoring Program has experienced increased demand and has a waitlist of eight thousand students. Chiasson says the program offers digital vouchers to eligible families who have students in need of high-quality tutoring in literacy or math….
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Chiasson says Louisiana was one of the first states to leverage high-dosage tutoring statewide to help close pandemic learning gaps. She says the investment has been a key factor in Louisiana from 49th to 32nd on The Nation’s Report Card…
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The five million dollar investment from the Department of Education is actually money that comes from the federal government. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley praises U-S Education Secretary Linda McMahon for giving Louisiana the flexibility to use this money on the Steve Carter Tutoring Program.
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State Police are looking for the driver who hit and killed a woman walking along an I-10 frontage road in Jefferson Davis Parish. Trooper Peggy Bourque says the incident at around one yesterday afternoon claimed the life of 53-year-old Bonnie Fontenot of Jennings, who had previously been reported missing.
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Bourque says at this time, the exact circumstances of the crash are still unclear.
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At this time, investigators have nothing to work with – no make, model or any other characteristics of the vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call State Police.