Oak Ridge News

BATON ROUGE - Eight schools around the state that were on the verge of being taken over by the Recovery School District will find out next month whether their improvements are sufficient to remove restrictions on their operations.

Miles Luke has a hard time staying in one place. So even with gusting winds and tornadoes reportedly touching down to the north, it came as little surprise to his family and the residents of the Ouachita Council of Aging who know Luke to see him on his bike.

Starr Homeplace and the West Monroe Farmers' Market teamed up for a 'Slow Cook' preview for The National Day of Action to get Real Food in Schools.

RAYVILLE - Two northeastern Louisiana Baptist ministers were convicted Thursday of oral sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Tafta Miller, owner of Angels in Training of Rayville, has been appointed to the board of the Childcare Association of America.

RAYVILLE - Two northeastern Louisiana Baptist ministers were convicted Thursday of oral sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Although concerned that it would become a "dumping ground" for academically troubled students, the state's top school board Monday approved a plan for implementing a new career education diploma.

Noah and Alberta Lee of Oak Ridge, La. are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Asialyn Sharun Lee, to Michael Dennis, son of Elizabeth Dennis of Monroe, La.

BATON ROUGE - Don't expect an outspoken political appointee to go quietly. That's the lesson Gov.

When Gov. Bobby Jindal appointed Tammie McDaniel to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shortly after he took office some 16 months ago, it was assumed in some corners McDaniel was a safe pick.

By rebuffing Gov. Bobby Jindal's baffling request that she step down from the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Tammie McDaniel of Oak Ridge seems to have only grown in stature, refashioning herself from a governor's appointee of 18 months ago into a 'people's' representative on the state education board today.

Although he entered office promising a new and more progressive style of state government, Gov.

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has asked Tammie McDaniel to resign her post as an appointed member of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education,. McDaniel said in a telephone interview Wednesday that she received an E-mail message today but has not made a decision on how to respond.

BATON ROUGE - It was not a really good legislative session for Louisiana's public schools, said Keith Guice, president of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.