The latest LEAP results show that 41-percent of fourth-grade students read below their grade level. That’s why Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson says he will bring back his legislation next year that would require third-graders to pass a literacy test before advancing to the fourth grade. Nelson says it’s imperative reading challenged students get the help they need…
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Nelson’s bill failed to pass in the final days of the legislative session”

We are seeing heavy rainfall across northeast Louisiana this morning. In fact a flood warning is out for Franklin, Morehouse, Richland and West Carroll Parishes until 9:15 tonight. The National Weather Service says four to eight inches has already fallen in this area and another two to five inches is expected.

The miniseries Five Days at Memorial is currently streaming on Apple TV. It looks back at what happened in the chaotic and frustrating days at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The series is based on the book written by Sheri Fink…
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45 patients died during these difficult days.

According to the state department of transportation, 194 people were killed in Louisiana in traffic deaths during the first three months of 2022. That’s down slightly from the 202 who died in the first quarter of 2021. State Transportation spokesperson Rodney Mallett says efforts are underway to significantly reduce traffic deaths…
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The U-S Secretary of Homeland Security will be in Louisiana today and Governor John Bel Edwards will join him as they look at how southeast Louisiana is prepared for a potential hurricane. They will take a tour of the Carrollton Pump Station in New Orleans and then they’ll visit the Terrebonne General Health System in Houma.

The Apple TV series Five Days at Memorial is based on actual events during Hurricane Katrina. Brooke Thorington has more from the book’s author.
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The weather system that produced flash flooding in north Texas is moving through north Louisiana. Radar indicates heavy rain falling in northeast Louisiana this morning. National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Hemingway says a flash flood watch is in effect for a large portion of Louisiana until seven o’ clock tonight….
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According to the state department of transportation, 194 people were killed in Louisiana in traffic deaths during the first three months of 2022. That’s down slightly from the 202 who died in the first quarter of 2021. State Transportation spokesperson Rodney Mallett says efforts are underway to significantly reduce traffic deaths…
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Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson says he’s determined to pass his bill that requires third graders to pass a literacy test in order to advance to the fourth grade. Nelson says the latest LEAP results show 41-percent of fourth-grade students read below their grade level. Opponents to the legislation say it will hurt minority students, but Nelson says his measure would do just the opposite…
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The miniseries Five Days at Memorial is currently streaming on Apple TV. It looks back at what happened in the chaotic and frustrating days at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The series is based on the book written by Sheri Fink…
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45 patients died during these difficult days.

Federal officials say nationally the traffic death numbers for the first quarter of this year are the worst in twenty years. State officials say there’s a glimmer of good news here, but only a glimmer. Marsanne Golsby has more.
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Another rainy day across Louisiana and a large portion of the state, all of north and central Louisiana, is under a flash flood watch until 7 PM tonight. Matt Hemingway is with the National Weather Service in Shreveport….
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A state lawmaker says new LEAP test results indicate a literacy bill that failed to pass the Legislature this year was likely a good idea….
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Anywhere between two to six inches of rain fell across north Louisiana yesterday and we could see a repeat performance today. Matt Hemingway is with the National Weather Service in Shreveport…
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The Flash Flood Watch covers much of central Louisiana and as far south as Beauregard Parish.

New research has determined the mounds on LSU’s campus near Tiger Stadium are the oldest known manmade structures in North America. LSU Geology and Geophysics Professor Emeritus Brooks Ellwood says the age estimate is based on studying sediment from the bottom of the mounds which is ash from burned reed and cane plants as well as charred mammal bone fragments…
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The mounds on LSU’s campus are among the more than 880 man-made, hill-like mounds in Louisiana.

Have you been watching the Apple TV series “Five Days at Memorial.” It’s based on what happened at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans where dozens of patients were suffering and hospital staff had limited options in the days after Hurricane Katrina. The series is adapted from a book written by Sheri Fink…
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45 bodies were recovered from the facility. Then Attorney General Charles Foti charged Doctor Anna Pou and two nurses with second degree murder, but a grand jury in Orleans Parish refused to indict them.

New LEAP test results – showing a decline in literacy – have one state lawmaker saying “I told you so,” after his literacy & retention bill failed to pass this year. Mandeville Republican Representative Richard Nelson’s bill to hold 3rd graders back a year if they continuously failed reading assignments failed to win passage. He says, despite objections from colleagues, the same law worked well for our neighbor to the east…:
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The LEAP results show that 41 percent of 4th-grade students read below their grade level.

Federal officials say nationally, traffic deaths from January through March of this year were the highest since 2002. State Department of Transportation spokesman Rodney Mallet says Louisiana numbers are slightly down from last year. But 194 traffic deaths in Louisiana through the first quarter of this year is still very high
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The Apple TV series Five Days at Memorial is based on actual events during Hurricane Katrina. Brooke Thorington has more from the book’s author.
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According to a report in the Advocate, homicides in rural Louisiana are surging. The CDC and the FBI data indicate the homicide rate for rural Louisiana in 2020 was just under 17 per 100 thousand people. Almost three times higher than the national average. LSU Health New Orleans Criminologist, Peter Scharf says it comes down to drugs.
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Scharf says the loss of jobs in rural areas has many turning to drugs as a form of recreation.

New research has determined the mounds on LSU’s campus near Tiger Stadium are the oldest known man made structures in North America. LSU Geology and Geophysics Professor Emertius Brooks Ellwood says radiocarbon dating of the layers of material indicates the mounds were built 11-thousand years ago…
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The mounds on LSU’s campus are among the more than 880 man-made, hill-like mounds in Louisiana.

Louisiana’s unemployment rate fell for a second straight month in July, to its lowest level ever. Kevin Gallagher reports…:
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Heavy rainfall is falling across north Louisiana today and in fact the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for the upper half of the state through Tuesday night. Meteorologist Davyon Hill says the rainfall will give north Louisiana a break from what has been a hot and relatively dry summer…
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If you are in the Monroe area, be prepared for some heavy rainfall.