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• Student arrested after damaging restroom

  May 1, 2013 8:56 AM

  SHREVEPORT- Police say a Caddo Magnet High School student was arrested after being seen damaging a restroom at the school. Cpl. Marcus Hines tells The Times 18-year-old Justin Washer was escorted to the main office on Tuesday. Upon arrival, Hines says he began to get into a physical altercation with... more »

• Teacher says kids yelled as Ohio boy pulled gun

  April 30, 2013 9:06 AM

  CINCINNATI- A police report states that other students began yelling as a 17-year-old boy pulled out a handgun in class before shooting himself in the head. The Green Township police report was released Tuesday as students returned to La Salle High School the day after shooting. The boy remains hospitalized... more »

• Boston U.: Grad student killed in marathon attack

  April 16, 2013 5:01 PM

  BOSTON - Boston University says a graduate student at the school was one of the three people killed in the bombings at the Boston Marathon. In a statement late Tuesday afternoon, the school said it was not releasing the name or any other information about the student, pending permission from... more »

• Student arrested after gun found in Baton Rouge school

  April 15, 2013 2:05 PM

  Baton Rouge- A 15 year-old eighth-grade student at Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge is under arrest, after a loaded .22 revolver was found in his sock. Deputies say the school Drug Task Force was alerted after a teacher saw the student put something in his sock. ... more »

• Man sentenced to 40 years in ULL student's death

  April 10, 2013 3:58 PM

  LAFAYETTE - A man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in the January 2010 shooting death of a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student. The Advertiser reports 46-year-old Jose Luis Segura Jr. was sentenced Wednesday. Segura was initially charged with second-degree murder in 22-year-old Allen Aucoin Jr.'s killing,... more »

• Student newspaper editor sues LSU governing board

  April 1, 2013 5:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The editor of LSU's student newspaper is suing the university system's Board of Supervisors for refusing to provide information about the candidates considered to be LSU president. Andrea Gallo, editor of The Daily Reveille, filed her lawsuit Monday. The Board of Supervisors hired F. King Alexander last... more »

• Bossier Teacher Arrested

  March 25, 2013 11:14 AM

  HAUGHTON - Bossier Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a Haughton teacher for allegedly having sexual conduct with a 17-year-old student over the past few weeks. Lt. Bill Davis says 28-year-old Jessica Banet, a teacher at Princeton Elementary School and one of the coaches of the girls' softball team for Haughton... more »

• LSU freshmen could be guaranteed football tickets Play Video

  March 20, 2013 6:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE - One lawmaker wants to grant all incoming LSU freshmen season football tickets. Rep. Terry Brown of Colfax submitted House Bill 144 Tuesday. The legislation "requires the LSU Board of Supervisors to allocate to each first-time entering freshman enrolled at LSU-Baton Rouge on a full-time basis at... more »

• School system unaware of who's driving buses Play Video

  March 13, 2013 5:43 PM

  PORT ALLEN - West Baton Rouge School leaders have no record of who's driving the buses within the parish, leaving many parents concerned. Superintendent David Corona said if he wanted or needed those records, they could be made available to him. "I'm comfortable the organization we contract with... more »

• EBRSO: Students threatened behind school

  March 8, 2013 3:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities said a group of students were threatened by someone with a gun behind McKinley High School this afternoon. Casey Hicks with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said deputies were told by students that a man pointed a gun at them and then fled. ... more »

• Student accused of threatening to shoot others

  March 7, 2013 2:13 PM

  BAKER - Police arrested a Baker teen after they said she threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot several students. Chief Mike Knaps with Baker Police said officers arrested the 16-year-old girl in suspicion of disturbing the peace and terrorizing. Knaps said his officers were called... more »

• Parents furious over makeshift bus transfer Play Video

  February 27, 2013 6:44 PM

  ADDIS - Nearly 200 parents in West Baton Rouge Parish have signed a petition asking the school board to get rid of "First Student," the private bus company outsourced years ago to provide cheaper school transit for the parish. A video was sent to News 2 that shows dozens... more »

• Former bus driver sentenced to life in girl's rape

  February 22, 2013 8:48 AM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE - A state district judge has sentenced a Clinton man to life in prison after his conviction July 17 for aggravated rape of a girl under the age of 13 on his school bus. William Staton's sentencing was delayed until Thursday. District Judge William G. Carmichael held two... more »

• Judge rejects Lehigh U student's grade lawsuit

  February 14, 2013 3:50 PM

  EASTON, Pa. - A judge in Pennsylvania ruled against a former graduate student who sued to have a grade changed, and $1.3 million in damages. The Express-Times of Easton reports that Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano made the ruling Thursday in the lawsuit filed by Megan Thode against Lehigh University.... more »

• Pa. grad student sues, says C-plus cost her $1.3M

  February 13, 2013 3:07 PM

  EASTON - An eastern Pennsylvania judge says a graduate student's lawsuit over a C-plus grade she received can move forward. The (Easton) Express-Times says Northampton County Judge Emil Giodano ruled Wednesday that there's enough evidence for Megan Thode's lawsuit against Lehigh University to proceed. The Bethlehem university had argued that... more »

• Students help find sawed-off shotgun Play Video

  February 4, 2013 5:22 PM

  PORT ALLEN- A 16-year old student is still in jail after school administrators say he brought a sawed-off shotgun to school Friday. The administration was tipped off by two students who saw the boy with the weapon and the school was put on lock down until it was secured.... more »

• Bullet hits school bus, 1 student in Panola Co.

  January 29, 2013 9:20 AM

  BATESVILLE, Miss. - Panola County authorities say a bullet struck a Panola County school bus, grazing at least one student in the back, may have been a hunting accident. District Attorney John Champion tells WMC-TV in Memphis that a 10-year-old student was transported by helicopter Monday to Le Bonheur Children's... more »

• Tioga High teacher facing additional sex charges

  January 24, 2013 6:48 AM

  ALEXANDRIA - A Rapides Parish high school teacher, who was arrested last month on charges of having a sexual relationship with a student, now is facing nine additional charges. 27-year-old Heather Michelle Cooksey was arrested Tuesday and later released on a $35,000 bond. Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies say... more »

• Ex-Bengals cheerleader's lawsuit trial to begin

  January 21, 2013 6:58 AM

  CINCINNATI - A former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader who had sex with her underage student and is now in a relationship with him is about to begin another court battle Tuesday. Sarah Jones is a 27-year-old northern Kentucky woman who was convicted three months ago of having sex with her... more »

• Bastrop HS student arrested with gun on campus

  January 15, 2013 1:09 PM

  BASTROP - Morehouse Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a 17-year-old Bastrop High School student who somehow managed to get onto the campus with a 45-caliber, semi-automatic pistol and a loaded magazine on his body. Morehouse Parish Schools Superintendent George Noflin tells The News-Star it was the student's parents who notified... more »

• Ala. college asks court to toss naked shooting suit

  January 14, 2013 12:36 PM

  MOBILE, Ala. - The University of South Alabama and its police chief are asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the shooting death of a naked student on campus. Both the school and university police chief Zeke Aull claim they can't be sued under state law for the... more »

• Parent arrested, accused of threatening school class

  January 8, 2013 4:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies in East Baton Rouge arrested a parent after they said she made threats to her child's class and teacher, including references to the recent school shootings in Connecticut. Deputies arrested Donna Wilson, 44, in suspicion of terrorizing after the incident today at Magnolia Woods... more »

• Mo. students lose 756 pounds at SC boarding school

  December 21, 2012 2:27 PM

  KANSAS CITY- A dozen Missouri students have lost more than 750 pounds after their school district sent them to a weight-loss program at a South Carolina boarding school. The students from Independence spent the semester at MindStream Academy in Bluffton, S.C. Along with academics, they learned to exercise and eat... more »

• Teacher charged with having sex with student

  December 21, 2012 9:00 AM

  ALEXANDRIA - Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies say a 27-year-old Tioga High School teacher has been arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student at the school. Heather Michelle Cooksey, of Pineville, was booked Wednesday into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on two counts of carnal knowledge of a... more »

• Students arrested after loaded gun found at school

  December 18, 2012 5:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies on the School Drug Task Force arrested two East Baton Rouge students today after a gun was found in a garbage can outside Park Forest Middle School. Spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks with the EBR Sheriff's Office said the two 8th grade students, ages 13 and... more »

• Miss. student challenges suspension over rap song

  December 4, 2012 8:46 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A Mississippi student was exercising his free speech rights when he posted a rap song online that criticized two coaches whom he accused of misconduct toward female students, his attorneys have told a federal appeals court. However, school officials in Itawamba County, Miss., say Taylor Bell... more »

• Mentors help change EBR students' lives Play Video

  November 26, 2012 3:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The Volunteers in Public Schools organizations, better known as "VIPS," is kicking off another round of mentorship for students in middle school. The "Voyage II" program will pair up mentors with middle schoolers to provide a lasting relationship through the rest of their educational career. "What... more »

• W. Feliciana expands one-to-one computer program

  November 26, 2012 10:21 AM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE - The West Feliciana Parish school system continues to expand a program that puts computers into students' hands for use in class or at home. The program started in 2007 from a state grant. Jerome Matherne, the district's technology supervisor, tells The Advocate the one-to-one computer initiative now... more »

• Ponchatoula student arrested for having gun, knife

  October 19, 2012 2:54 PM

  PONCHATOULA - A junior high student in Ponchatoula has been arrested after bringing a loaded .38-caliber handgun and knife to school. Police Chief Bry Layrisson says the incident happened Friday at Ponchatoula Jr. High School after school officials notified police that someone had weapons on campus. WDSU-TV reports the 14-year-old... more »

• Average debt up again for new college grads

  October 18, 2012 7:08 AM

  OAKLAND, Calif. - A new report shows two-thirds of the national college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on average $26,600. That's up about 5 percent from the class before. The latest figures are calculated in a... more »

• Video shows naked student before he's shot

  October 11, 2012 5:08 PM

  MOBILE, Ala. - A video of the fatal shooting of a naked Alabama college student shows him with his arms outstretched and his palms open before a campus police officer fired. The Mobile County Sheriff's Department played the security video for media Thursday. It was taken by a camera outside... more »

• Court papers allege inheritance murder plot

  October 10, 2012 4:50 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A 19-year-old allegedly offered an 18-year-old $50,000 to help kill her mother so she could inherit money. Nicole Boover is being held without bond in New Orleans on a charge of attempted first-degree murder. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Andrew Yuhas was booked Wednesday in Baton Rouge as a fugitive.... more »

• Second LSU student arrested after NO shooting

  October 10, 2012 10:51 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police at LSU arrested a second student in connection with a shooting in New Orleans. LSUPD arrested Nathan Andrew Yuhas of Pennsylvania yesterday afternoon in suspicion of principal to attempted first-degree murder. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison as a fugitive from... more »

• Drivers going around stopped buses raise concerns

  October 2, 2012 10:36 AM

  CENTRAL - Complaints of drivers going around and passing stopped school buses in Central have residents concerned. It's happened four times in the past week, according to the city's chief administrator. Coming up on News 2 at 5, Adrian Pittman talks to residents who want to put a... more »

• Student enrollment drops, employees cut in EFP Play Video

  September 28, 2012 6:00 PM

  CLINTON - Students in East Feliciana Parish school are leaving the parish. As a result, 20 school employees could lose their jobs. The district lost more than 100 students this year, resulting in a decrease of $800,000 in state money for the year. To make up for the loss,... more »

• Police investigate student mouth-taping incident

  September 20, 2012 8:20 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Lafayette police are investigating an incident in which a substitute teacher at J. Wallace James Elementary School allegedly taped a student's mouth shut to keep the child from talking. Cpl. Paul Mouton says police received a formal complaint Wednesday. That complaint is active, and criminal charges are... more »

• Voucher student numbers to be tallied by next week

  September 6, 2012 7:21 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A count of how many Louisiana students are enrolled in private and parochial schools through the taxpayer-funded voucher program will be available next week. Barry Landry, a spokesman for the Department of Education, says schools participating in the program have until Sunday to report their enrollment... more »

• Suspect in LSU harassment case turns self in

  August 23, 2012 3:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU Police arrested a student they said admitted to harassing and pushing a female student earlier this week. LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard said Quinnon Brady, 20, turned himself in to police and said he was the one described in a media release sent out Wednesday. ... more »

• LSU Police: Photo-taking man harassed student

  August 22, 2012 4:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU Police said they were investigating a report of a man on campus harassing a female student and taking pictures of her. Spokesperson Ernie Ballard said a student reported around 10:05 a.m. today she was approached by a man who claimed to be an art student... more »

• Student arrested with gun at school

  August 21, 2012 2:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Members of the School Drug Task Force arrested a 16-year-old they said was caught with a loaded gun in their book bag today in East Baton Rouge Parish. EBRSO spokesperson Casey Rayborn Hicks said the 11th grader at McKinley High School was confronted by administrators about... more »

• Lafayette PD: confident body found is Mickey Shunick Play Video

  August 7, 2012 10:09 PM

  EVANGELINE PARISH- Lafayette Police said they're confident, remains found about an hour from Lafayette, are those of Mickey Shunick. Police were notified about the remains early Tuesday morning. "The information was that... Mickey Shunick's body was buried about 100 yards beyond LA 10 down this roadway beyond a... more »

• Chief: Police "believe" remains are Shunick's Play Video

  August 7, 2012 3:55 PM

  MAMOU - Lafayette Chief of Police Jim Craft said tonight that they believe remains found in an Evangeline Parish cemetery are those of missing college student Mickey Shunick. Craft made the statements at the Lafayette Parish Council meeting, according to The Advertiser newspaper. "Today, we developed information on... more »

• Report: School to change pregnancy policy after criticism

  August 7, 2012 2:30 PM

  DELHI, La. - A private charter school in northeast Louisiana says it plans to change a policy about pregnancy testing for students the ACLU called discriminatory and illegal. The policy at the Delhi Charter School in Richland Parish states if a teacher suspects a student is pregnant the school... more »

• DHH: No shots, no school

  July 31, 2012 11:26 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Students must be up-to-date on their vaccinations when they return to school. Louisiana law requires children age four or older who are entering kindergarten, pre-kindergarten, daycare or Head Start programs this year must have proof they have received a booster dose of Poliovirus vaccine (IPV), two... more »

• Oregon student expelled over threat seeks return

  July 26, 2012 3:10 PM

  PORTLAND, Ore. - A Portland State University graduate student expelled after allegedly threatening violence against a faculty member wants to return to the university. Henry Liu has filed for an administrative review of his expulsion. A hearing is set for Aug. 3. The university banned Liu from campus... more »

• Mickey Shunick's father: "it certainly doesn't look very good" Play Video

  July 18, 2012 10:17 PM

  LAFAYETTE- The father of missing college student Mickey Shunick questions if his daughter will be found alive after the man accused of killing her was also indicted for another murder where a woman was killed. Brandon Lavergne was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury for Shunick's murder and kidnapping... more »

• Texas group aids in search of missing student

  July 16, 2012 2:38 PM

  LAFAYETTE - A Texas-based organization that helps search for missing people has been involved in the search for a missing Lafayette college student who is feared dead. Texas Equusearch came to Acadiana last week to assist local authorities with the search for Mickey Shunick. Tim Miller, director of the Houston-based... more »

• Obama signs student loan, road-building bill

  July 6, 2012 5:52 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says a bill to keep construction workers on the job and prevent a spike in interest rates on new loans to college students "will make a real difference" for millions of Americans. Obama signed into law legislation allowing more than $100 billion to be spent... more »

• Student loan, roads bill poised for final passage

  June 28, 2012 7:29 AM

  WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders are hoping for final passage this week of a bill reshaping federal transportation programs and averting a doubling of interest rates for millions of federal student loans. Lawmakers and aides said House and Senate leaders had reached agreement on the measure. Without action by the... more »

• Tentative Hill deal on student loans

  June 27, 2012 1:17 PM

  WASHINGTON - A congressional Republican says the House and Senate have tentatively agreed to prevent interest rates on new college loans from doubling to 6.8 percent this Sunday. The one-year extension of the existing 3.4 percent rate on subsidized Stafford loans is the same package that Senate Majority Leader Harry... more »

• Despite challenges, St. Helena test scores are up

  June 6, 2012 10:12 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Despite major challenges with budgets and buildings, test scores for St. Helena students are up. The district showed more improvement than any other district in the state. But some leaders say there is still a long way to go. Mike Steele will have more on what's... more »

• New details released in search for student Play Video

  May 29, 2012 4:09 PM

  LAFAYETTE - Investigators in Lafayette released new details this afternoon in their search for missing college student Michaela "Mickey" Shunick. Cpl. Paul Mouton with the Lafayette Police Department said detectives sent Shunick's bike to the State Police Crime Lab for further testing. It was found Sunday submerged in water... more »

• La. police don't see link to missing Ind. student

  May 29, 2012 1:24 PM

  LAFAYETTE - A Lafayette Police Department spokesman says investigators don't believe there are links between their investigation of a missing female college student and a case in Bloomington, Ind. Cpl. Paul Mouton told The Associated Press that police aren't releasing the details that make them believe the disappearance of Michaela... more »

• Girl, 6, is youngest ever in National Spelling Bee

  May 28, 2012 1:08 PM

  McLEAN, Va. - At 6 years old, Lori Anne Madison is the youngest person ever to qualify for the National Spelling Bee. At a glance, she seems like a child that age: She talks at 100 mph and wears a T-shirt that says "Little Miss Sunshine" on it. But she... more »

• Search teams back out after Shunick's bike found

  May 28, 2012 10:48 AM

  LAFAYETTE - Search teams are back out again today in Iberville Parish after finding a bicycle that belonged to missing college student Mickey Shunick. Cpl. Paul Mouton with Lafayette Police said the bike was spotted by a fisherman under an Interstate 10 bridge about 25 miles away from where... more »

• Man indicted in death of Brusly student

  May 25, 2012 7:18 AM

  PORT ALLEN - A West Baton Rouge Parish grand jury has charged a 22-year-old Port Allen man with second-degree murder in the May 13 fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Brusly High School student. Assistant District Attorney Tony Clayton says Marcus Richardson faces life in prison without the benefit of parole... more »

• Senate rejects GOP, Dem plans on student loans

  May 24, 2012 3:36 PM

  WASHINGTON - The Senate has rejected Democratic and Republican plans for averting a doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million students. The election-season standoff means efforts to resolve the dispute will be delayed until next month. Beginning July 1, interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans for... more »

• Students tour new intermediate school in Central Play Video

  May 16, 2012 7:09 PM

  CENTRAL - Students who will attend a new intermediate school in Central toured the building today, a moment almost four years in the making. About 950 students in grades 3 through 5 will fill Central Intermediate's 48 classrooms in August, and they are excited about the change. "I... more »

• Threat on Facebook, student arrested

  May 11, 2012 5:19 PM

  BOSSIER CITY - Police say a 17-year-old student at Parkway High School has been arrested after school officials found a posting on Facebook describing violent threats to the high school. Bossier Parish sheriff's deputies say the teen was arrested Tuesday on a charge of terrorizing after posting a detailed sketch... more »

• GOP blocks Senate debate on Dem student loan bill

  May 8, 2012 11:36 AM

  WASHINGTON- Republicans have blocked the Senate from debating a Democratic bill keeping interest rates on college loans from doubling this summer for 7.4 million students. Republicans say they support heading off higher rates on subsidized Stafford loans. They oppose how Democrats would pay for the measure - raising payroll taxes... more »

• Senate turns to partisan fight over student loans

  May 7, 2012 6:26 AM

  WASHINGTON - The Senate plans to vote Tuesday on whether to start debate on a Democratic plan to keep some college loan interest rates from doubling on July 1. The $6 billion needed would come from Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes from high-earning owners of some privately held corporations.... more »

• DEA Apologizes to Student left in Cell

  May 2, 2012 7:55 PM

  A college student in San Diego picked up during a drug raid and left in a holding cell for days without food, water or a toilet got an apology from the Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA acting agent-in-charge in San Diego says he was troubled by the treatment of Daniel... more »

• Political battle over student loans heating up

  April 26, 2012 7:00 AM

  WASHINGTON - Democrats and Republicans say they want to prevent the cost of federal loans from doubling for millions of students. But in an intensifying election-year battle, each party wants to pay for it with savings the other side hates. In the latest political chess move in the fight, Speaker... more »

• Teacher arrested on a simple battery charge

  April 20, 2012 11:11 AM

  SHREVEPORT - Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says a 48-year-old teacher at Green Oaks High School has been arrested and booked with simple battery of a student. Prator says Alvin Wallace of Shreveport was booked into Caddo Correctional Center Friday following an investigation by Det. Jackie Winston. Wallace's bond was... more »

• Bully's paralyzing punch cost $4.2 million

  April 18, 2012 11:35 AM

  RAMSEY - A New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit by a middle school student who was paralyzed when a bully punched him in the abdomen. The Ramsey school district's settlement with Sawyer Rosenstein and his family over the 2006 assault was made... more »

• Service learning, student art highlight UL summit

  April 17, 2012 6:38 AM

  LAKE CHARLES - McNeese State University will play host to students and faculty from its fellow University of Louisiana System institutions later this week when the system holds its first Academic Summit. It takes place Thursday and Friday at the Lake Charles campus. It will feature presentations on the subject... more »

• Ex NFL Cheerleader accused of Sex Abuse

  April 2, 2012 7:17 PM

  A teacher and former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader pleaded not guilty in a school sex scandal. Sarah Jones is accused of sexually abusing a student at Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood, Kentucky. Court Documents say it happened in November of last year. Jones' mother is a middle school principal and... more »

• 13-year-old arrested for possession of weapon, alcohol

  March 14, 2012 11:37 AM

  SHREVEPORT- A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and faces several charges after authorities found him in possession of a weapon and alcohol at a Shreveport elementary school. The Shreveport Police Department says the juvenile was arrested Tuesday after school officials at Werner Park Elementary notified police that the student had... more »

• Maryland college student charged in rampage threat

  March 12, 2012 6:44 AM

  COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A University of Maryland student has been arrested and charged with posting an Internet threat claiming he planned to go on a shooting rampage on campus hoping to kill as many people as possible. Campus police said in a statement that 19-year-old Alexander Song of Fulton,... more »

• Third student in Ohio school shooting dies

  February 28, 2012 11:56 AM

  CLEVELAND- Officials say a third student wounded in a school shooting in Ohio has died. A juvenile court hearing is set this afternoon for the teenager accused of shooting five students, three of them fatally, at a suburban Cleveland high school. Authorities still don't know what might have... more »

• Second student dies in Ohio school shooting

  February 28, 2012 7:05 AM

  CHARDON, Ohio - Authorities say a second student has died following a high school shooting in suburban Cleveland. An official in the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office says he received word early this morning that 17-year-old Russell King Jr. has been declared brain dead. King was one of five wounded... more »

• EBR student arrested for stealing student information, filing false tax returns

  January 30, 2012 9:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A warning is out for hundreds of high students in Baton Rouge that their identities are at risk. Students at EBR Accelerated Academy were told in a letter that their information was stolen by a classmate and used to file fake income tax returns. Now, 17-year-old... more »

• Family to sue owner of bus where FAMU student died

  January 10, 2012 8:21 AM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The family of a Florida A&M band member who died after a hazing ritual last November will sue the company that owns the bus where it took place. Robert Champion's parents and their attorney told The Associated Press the bus company's negligence contributed to his death.... more »

• LSU auditor report reveals non-compliance Play Video

  December 7, 2011 6:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An LSU Board of Supervisors internal audit of the LSU Student Health Center revealed a three-year abuse of the system in which vacation or leave days are monitored. A 12 page report shows what an LSU Board of Supervisors Internal Auditor calls a history of non-compliance.... more »

• EBR student describes attack on bus driver

  October 28, 2011 10:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A student who witnessed a fight between her East Baton Rouge Parish bus driver and another student Friday says she's concerned about her safety. 18-year-old Shanetra Daniels was booked on battery charges Friday morning. Authorities say she beat her bus driver around 6:30 a.m. on the... more »

• Student arrested for battering bus driver

  October 28, 2011 1:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An enraged high school student inadvertently injured herself this morning after hitting her bus driver in the back of the head causing the driver to slam on the breaks and throw the high schooler into the bus' windshield, smashing it in the process. East Baton Rouge... more »

• 1 student shot, wounded at NC high school

  October 24, 2011 2:19 PM

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Authorities say a student was shot and wounded at a North Carolina high school. No arrests have been made, and no gun has been recovered. Cape Fear High School in Fayetteville was placed on lockdown Monday and parents told to stay away until the scene is... more »

• Teacher arrested for choking, dragging student

  October 20, 2011 10:29 AM

  BAKER - Baker police arrested a teacher Wednesday for choking and dragging a six-year-old at Bakerfield Elementary. Mildred Russ was charged with one count of cruelty to a juvenile and booked into East Baton Rouge Prison. According to witnesses, Russ immobilized the six-year-old child by wrapping her legs... more »

• Gun brought to school linked to attempted murder

  September 27, 2011 1:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies arrested a Capitol Middle School student today after they said a gun he brought to school was connected to a shooting and drug deal. Casey Hicks, a spokesperson for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, said the 13-year-old stole the gun from his father... more »

• EBRSO: Teacher arrested after punching student

  September 22, 2011 10:56 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies arrested a McKinley High School teacher after investigators said he punched a student in the face. According to Casey Hicks with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to the school Wednesday around 6:50 a.m. for a battery complaint. Hicks said... more »

• Student stabbed at Opelousas High School

  September 19, 2011 2:39 PM

  OPELOUSAS, La.- Police are investigating a stabbing at Opelousas High School. Police Chief Perry Gallow says the student was stabbed inside a school bathroom shortly before classes began Monday. Gallow says the victim was transported to Opelousas General Hospital after he was stabbed twice in the abdomen and... more »

• Truancy patrols target tardy kids in EBR

  August 18, 2011 6:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Just seven days into the school year, authorities in East Baton Rouge Parish have their hands full keeping kids off the streets and in the classroom. Last year the number of students skipping school was down 5 percent compared to the 2009 school year, and sheriff's... more »

• Teachers encourage attendance through "walkabout"

  August 8, 2011 5:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A group of teachers and other staff members from Highland Elementary hit the streets in an effort to get kids ready for the first day of school this Wednesday. The group went door to door talking to students and parents in a neighborhood off Gardere Lane in... more »

• Central tightens requirements for students

  August 5, 2011 5:50 PM

  CENTRAL- As the clock ticks down to the first day of school, many parents in Central are scrambling to gather proof, that their children live in the district. A new policy tightens the requirements of eligibility to attend school in Central. "It's steps taken to ensure the children that... more »

• Va. Tech lifts campus alert after report of gunman

  August 4, 2011 1:59 PM

  BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech officials have lifted a campus-wide alert that was issued after three children attending a summer camp reported a man holding what looked like a gun near a dining hall. An email from the university Thursday afternoon says "the university community may resume normal campus... more »

• Back-to-school shots available at no cost

  July 22, 2011 3:48 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is hosting back-to-school immunization events to help parents in the Baton Rouge area prepare their children for school and daycare this fall. Several health units in the Baton Rouge area will offer immunizations at no cost. According to DHH, having... more »

• Man tied to LSU student murders pleads guilty to lesser charges

  June 27, 2011 11:48 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Devin Parker pleaded guilty this morning to lesser charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of two LSU grad students from India. Parker pleaded guilty in district court today to charges of armed robbery and accessory to second-degree murder in the killing of 33-year-old Kiran Kumar Allam.... more »