EBR looks at mandatory college classes for some high schoolers; a new bridge at Lake Charles?

The Advocate's Top Headlines

with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editor

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SCHOOLS: East Baton Rouge public high school students might one day be required to take college-level classes. Superintendent Sito Narcisse sees the concurrent enrollment as a way to boost the number of young people who seek post-secondary degrees. Charles Lussier takes a look at the plan here.

BRIDGE: The Interstate 10 bridge over the Calcasieu River, certainly the scariest bridge one must cross when taking I-10 between Baton Rouge and Houston, may soon be a thing of the past. Two presidents have spoken of replacing the span, which has no shoulders. A new one might even have a walkway. Mike Smith reports from Lake Charles on the bridge, which is actually order than the federal interstate highway system.

BALL: The LSU basketball team is climbing in the polls. The new AP poll out this morning has the Tigers at No. 19.

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