Earlier this month, in putting away our Christmas things, I returned to my shelf the holiday stories that cheer me no matter how often I reread them. They include “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas,” “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote and “Memories of a Large Christmas,” Lillian […]
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Historic Louisiana hurricane season leaves people homeless for the holidays
LAKE CHARLES, La. – Heading into the Christmas holiday, people in Lake Charles are still recovering from not one, but two major storms: Hurricane Laura devastated the area in August and just six weeks later Hurricane Delta followed suit. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), more than 1,000 people are […]
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Louisiana 4th Grader Sues School System Over BB Gun Suspension
The family of a Louisiana fourth grader is suing the public school system that suspended him after a teacher spotted a BB gun in his room during an online class session. The lawsuit filed in Louisiana’s 24th Judicial District Court seeks monetary damages from the Jefferson Parish school system, a […]
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Louisiana family sues school system for suspending 4th grader who had a BB gun in his room during online school
HARVEY, La. — The family of a Louisiana fourth-grader is suing the public school system that suspended him after a teacher spotted a BB gun in his room during an online class session. The lawsuit filed Friday in Louisiana’s 24th Judicial District Court seeks monetary damages from the Jefferson Parish […]
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Louisiana 9-year-old suspended for having BB gun in room during class
CLOSE A photo of Ka Mauri Harrison. (Photo: Chelsea Cusimano) The attorney general for Louisiana launched an investigation Friday into a public elementary school for suspending a Black fourth-grader after his teacher noticed a BB gun in his room during an online class. “I am alarmed by what appears to not only be multiple violations […]
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Louisiana AG investigates school for suspending 4th grader after teacher noticed BB gun during online class
A photo of Ka Mauri Harrison. The attorney general for Louisiana launched an investigation Friday into a public elementary school for suspending a Black fourth-grader after his teacher noticed a BB gun in his room during an online class. “I am alarmed by what appears to not only be multiple violations of both the […]