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Principal of Pleasant Hill High School Jerrad Rivers has been selected as a semi-finalist for Louisiana Principal of the Year after being selected Sabine Parish’s Principal of the Year for the 2019- 2020 school year. Each year, school districts across Louisiana nominate outstanding teachers and principals to the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) for recognition through the Louisiana Teacher and Principal of the Year program.

After nominations are complete, the LDOE selects 24 semi-finalists in both the teacher and principal category from over 200 nominations submitted by school districts. Candidates for principal of the year are selected based on their ability to demonstrate excellence in the educational field; demonstrate leadership and innovation that helps students and teachers be successful; collaborate with stakeholders to foster student and teacher success; and create a school culture of respect and achievement.

The Weyerhaeuser Company sawmill in Zwolle is the recipient of the 2019 Sawmill Safety Award in Division I, presented by the Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA). The Zwolle facility maintained a perfect safety record during all of 2019, with no losttime occupational injuries or illnesses. This is the fifth consecutive year the Zwolle mill has received this respected award.

SFPA lumber manufacturer members are considered for the award based on information submitted regarding occupational injuries and illnesses. The results for 2019 included reports from 52 mills that recorded nearly 18 million employee hours. Safety performance is judged by how each mill’s safety record stacks up against facilities with comparable lumber output throughout the year. Division I covers facilities that produce 50 million board feet or less of Southern Pine lumber annually.

Anthony W. Kimbrough was arrested this week after a Tuesday, May 19 shooting in the area of Esso Drive in Many.

Following his arrest, he was charged with three counts of attempted first degree murder.

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Louisianans purchased thousands more fishing licenses during the first month and half of Gov. John Bel Edwards COVID-19 pandemic-fighting stay-at-home order than they did during the same time in 2019.

In fact, the April purchases of basic fishing license and saltwater licenses far exceeded sales for the past three prior years over the same month.

Here are the results. In April, residents purchased 39,702 basic fishing licenses compared to 18,901 in April of 2019 (a 53% increase). In April of 2020, there were 21,000 saltwater licenses sold compared to 13,771 in April of 2019 (a 35% increase).

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The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education named Northwestern State University alumnus Dr. Cade Brumley state superintendent of education Wednesday. Brumley will replace John White, who resigned earlier this year.

“As a Louisiana native, I am extremely honored to be selected by a student-friendly BESE,” Brumley said. “Louisiana may not be the largest state in the union, but we have a big table for collaboration. I look forward to bringing people together to collectively move our state forward. We are primed for continued improvement, drawing on successes of the past and the promise for our future. I will fight for our children, families, and communities each day. They deserve our best.”