Early voting has begun and many Louisianians were in line at the 8:30am opening.
CUT 2 (33) “reporting”

The honor roll for schools is growing. There are now 241 schools earning a state performance grade of “A;” and that’s up from 187 from last year. State Superintendent John White says he’s impressed with the high school results…

CUT 7 (04) Q: ‘achieving basic’
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There’s been an arrest of a ULM freshman basketball player for allegedly raping a female student he had arranged to meet online…

CUT 14 (09) Q: “against him”

That’s University spokesperson Donna Bernard, who says the alleged incident occurred Sunday night.

A third man involved in the 2010 murder of Rayville Police Sergeant Thomas Alexander has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the case. Anthony Oatis was sentence to 21 years in prison for his involvement…

CUT 4 (08) Q: ‘all three cases’

That’s District Attorney Mack Lancaster. The other two men-Richard Long and Robert Walker- are both serving life sentences. Long for first degree murder; Walker for second degree murder.