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  • Effort to stop Common Core standards advances

    tea party BATON ROUGE - A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the Senate. The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday advanced a resolution that calls on state education officials to stop implementation of the Common Core standards, which have been adopted in 45 states and are being phased ...

  • Sheriff looking into possible school threat

    investigation LABADIEVILLE- A possible threat to students at Labadieville Middle is causing concern for at least one parent of a student at the school. The parent tells News 2 that a list was found with names of people who another group of students may have wanted to harm, including her daughter's name. She told News 2 the list prompted the principal to ask her to keep her student ...

  • Livingston bracing for high flood insurance costs

    FEMA LIVINGSTON - New homeowners may have to dig deep into their wallets to cover the costs of flood insurance. The new insurance prices come after the Biggert-Waters Reform Act was passed in 2012, to phase out current subsidized insurance rates and help bring the federal flood insurance program out of debt. "The reason for this was to help the program pay for itself," said ...

  • More charter schools could come to Louisiana

    department of education BATON ROUGE - Come fall 2014, Louisiana could have more charter schools. This month 35 organizations applied to start 100 new charter schools in 19 parishes. 22 of those organizations want to start those schools in the Capitol City. The Louisiana Department of Education says about 65 percent of East Baton Rouge schools were rated a D or an F. One of the newest ...

  • Deputies make arrest after tip about drugs sold at church

    crime ST. AMANT- Two people face charges after deputies in Ascension Parish investigated a tip that drugs were being sold from a church parking lot. After surveillance, deputies arrested Audie Decoteau, 51, and Mikel Arnold, 38, while they were driving a vehicle from Livingston Parish. Deputies said Arnold was driving and Decoteau was a passenger and " was subsequently found to be in ...


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Hanna

Hanna

In Hanna, British director Joe Wright puts a compelling spin on the conventional action thriller by imbuing the violence with an underlying sense of sadness and pathos. Known primarily for his adaptations of literary romantic dramas such as Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Atonement ... ...

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  • St. Francisville church hopes to help victims in Oklahoma with drive

    St. Francisville, La. (NBC33) - Not everyone can go to Oklahoma to help with disaster relief, but one local community is doing what they can right here in Louisiana. "They (the victims) do need communities to come together and collect things that they will desperately need," said St. Francisville resident Kevin Cheatham. The First Baptist Church in St. Francisville, along with five ...

  • Residents want new police chief to protect the elderly

    BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - The search is on to find the new police chief for Baton Rouge. The 17 potential candidates took tests today. John Hilliard just wants his family to feel safe, and right now, he does not feel safe at all. "I don't think it's safe to sit on the porch at night," Hilliard said. "I don't because I mean they pile up here by the store then ...

  • MISSING St. Amant mans truck found abandoned in Mississippi

    ST. AMANT, LA - Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a man who has been missing since May 18 from his St. Amant home. Kevin Ray James, 52, left his residence on Diversion Canal Road in St. Amant around 4:00 p.m. in his mother’s truck and has not returned. On May 21, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office located the truck James was ...

  • Men arrested being suspected of selling drugs in church parking lot

    St. Amant, La - Two men have been arrested on drug charges; one admitted to selling prescription pills in the parking lot of a St. Amant church. On May 16, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics detectives began investigating anonymous tips that drugs were being sold in a church parking lot in Lake Martin area. On May 20, Narcotics detectives stopped a vehicle driven by Mikel ...

  • Baton Rouge Zoo elephant Bozie joins 3 others at National Zoo in DC

    (RNN) - British officials are saying one man is dead and two others were injured in a possible terrorist attack in London on Wednesday.According to BBC News, eyewitnesses said man was attacked in a ...

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